A symbiont phage protein aids in eukaryote immune evasion
M. T. Jahn, K. Arkhipova, S. M. Markert, C. Stigloher, T. Lachnit, L. Pita, A. Kupczok, M. Ribes, S. T. Stengel, P. Rosenstiel, B. E. Dutilh, U. Hentschel
The paper identifies a phage-encoded ankyrin domain protein that modulates eukaryotic immune responses, enabling immune evasion in host-microbe interactions.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2019Microbiology