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Antiviral soil compound disrupts phage infection cycle before viruses can reproduce
Bacteria also produce molecules that have an antiviral effect.
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Bacteria also produce molecules that have an antiviral effect. Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Jülich Research Center (FZJ) have examined the antiviral molecule daunorubicin and decoded its mode of operation against viruses in collaboration with colleagues from Marburg and Zurich. They now describe this mechanism, which primarily targets a specific group of viruses—namely bacteriophages—in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . One enjoyable aspect of a stroll through the woods on a summer day is the fresh smell of the forest floor.
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