Study of intracellular interactions of phage and host proteins within Pseudomonas aeruginosa. KU Leuven
Bacteriophages are viruses infecting bacteria. Early in the infection process, virulent bacteriophages redirect of completely shut down bacterial systems involved in transcription and DNA replication to promote the production of new phage particles inside the host cell. We investigate these hijacking mechanisms of 11 virulent and completely sequenced phages infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa. More specifically, we focus on small and unknown ...