Stable maintenance of the rudivirus SIRV3 in a carrier state in Sulfolobus islandicus despite activation of the CRISPR-Cas immune response by a second virus SMV1

Carrier state viral infection constitutes an equilibrium state in which a limited fraction of a cellular population is infected while the remaining cells are transiently resistant to infection. This type of infection has been characterized for several bacteriophages but not, to date, for archaeal vi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Papathanasiou, P, Erdmann, S, Leon-Sobrino, C, Sharma, K, Urlaub, H, Garrett, R, Peng, X
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis 2018