Viruses encode tRNA and anti-retron to evade bacterial immunity
A. H. Azam, K. Chihara, K. Kondo, T. Nakamura, S. Ojima, A. Tamura, W. Yamashita, L. Cui, Y. Takahashi, K. Watashi, K. Kiga
This study identifies two viral strategies to evade bacterial retrons: supplying tRNATyr to counteract retron 78 and using Rad to degrade retron noncoding RNA precursors.
bioRxiv · Mar 15, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology