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Bacteria detect attacking viruses by sensing viral enzyme, triggering self-destruction defense

University of Utah researchers discovered that bacterial CBASS immune systems sense phage attacks not by detecting viral nucleic acids, but by detecting a viral protease enzyme cutting a bacterial sensor protein, triggering infected cell self-destruction to protect the colony.

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