All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded by a protein structure. A bacteriophage attaches itself to a susceptible bacterium and infects the host cell.

In addition, we use other complementary methods such as X-ray crystallography and biochemistry to help connect the path from structure to function. Our recent research focuses on human pathogenic ...

Bacteriophages ... heredity and the structure of DNA were happening in parallel, so the next few years would be an exciting time for the discovery of DNA function.

Bacteriophages, natural "predators" of bacteria ... are resistant to most phages due to the intricacies of the cell wall structure. This surprised us, as the closest relatives of Sxt1 are not ...