MicrobiologySciencePeer-reviewed
A mobile intron facilitates interference competition between co-infecting viruses
Erica A. Birkholz, Chase J. Morgan, Thomas G. Laughlin…·Joe Pogliano
The paper shows a mobile intron in bacteriophage ΦPA3 uses its homing endonuclease to interfere with co-infecting phage ΦKZ, providing a competitive reproductive advantage.
26 citations