Phage-encoded small RNA hijacks host replication machinery to support the phage lytic cycle
Aviezer Silverman, Raneem Nashef, Reut Wasserman, Tamar Noy, Susan Born, Tianyou Yao, Yuncong Geng, Hila Rotbard, Adi Levkowitz, Yotam Kaufman, Ido Golding, Sahar Melamed
The paper identifies a phage-encoded small RNA that regulates E. coli genes by hijacking host replication machinery during the phage lytic cycle.
Molecular Cell · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology