Turning a phage anti-defense weapon into an immunity trigger
Most bacterial immune systems raise an alarm when they sense a phage. A new study in PLOS Biology shows how type II Panoptes reverses this logic by maintaining a quiet signal and sensing infection through its sudden disappearance.
Authors
- Naama Aviram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-958X)
- Anna B. Adelstein
Institutions
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
- Kettering University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Biology
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003978
- Primary Topic
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences