In the microscopic world, bacteria are constantly engaged in a fierce “offensive and defensive battle” with viruses that infect it. Professor Huang Zhiwei's team from the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine at Harbin Institute of Technology revealed the dual inhibition mechanism of the bacterial reverse transcript Ec78 system and clarified how bacteria can control toxic proteins in the body to achieve a rapid response to bacteriophage invasion. According to reports, this study revealed that the bacterial reverse transcript immune system has two “safety locks”, which can achieve a balance between safe self-locking and efficient defense when the virus invades. The results of this research were published in the international academic journal “Proceedings of the American Academy of Sciences” on July 31.

In the microscopic world, bacteria are constantly engaged in a fierce “offensive and defensive battle” with viruses that infect it. Professor Huang Zhiwei's team from the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine at Harbin Institute of Technology revealed the dual inhibition mechanism of the bacterial reverse transcript Ec78 system and clarified how bacteria can control toxic proteins in the body to achieve a rapid response to bacteriophage invasion. According to reports, this study revealed that the bacterial reverse transcript immune system has two “safety locks”, which can achieve a balance between safe self-locking and efficient defense when the virus invades. The results of this research were published in the international academic journal “Proceedings of the American Academy of Sciences” on July 31.