Cryo-electron microscopy image of bacteriophages attacking a cell. (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Cryo-electron microscopy image of bacteriophages attacking a cell.

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Certain bacteriophages found in the human gut have mutation hotspots scattered throughout their genomes that help them modify key defense genes, researchers report.

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Sundharraman Subramanian and Alaina Pabbathi, Cryo-EM Core Facility, Michigan State University

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