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Scientists uncover prophage defense mechanisms against phage attacks in mycobacteria
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Scientists uncover prophage defense mechanisms against phage attacks in mycobacteria

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY IMAGE: VASSIE WARE IS A PROFESSOR IN LEHIGH UNIVERSITY’S DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND IS CO-DIRECTOR OF LEHIGH’S HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTION (HHMI) BIOSCIENCE PROGRAM AND DISTANCE EDUCATION PROGRAM. A phage is a virus that invades a bacterial cell. While harmless to human cells, phages are potentially deadly to bacteria since many phages...