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56-two papers on phage nucleus

Two groups have published papers showing how jumbo phages can create nucleus-like structures in their hosts to protect phage DNA from CRISPR-Cas systems. Read Senén Mendoza (UCSF) and colleagues' paper on how this works for a Pseudomonas phage, and Lucia Malone (University of Otago) and colleagues' paper on how this works for a Serratia phage. Also check out this article on the subject by Ed Yong with The Atlantic.