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Anthropic says Claude agents found a new phage enzyme system

Anthropic says Claude agents identified a previously uncharacterized enzyme system in bacteriophages, built around a known reverse transcriptase and an array of DNA repeats. Early laboratory experiments found that the array is expressed as distinct short RNAs, but the system’s function is still being investigated.

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Genome-wide screens map E. coli genes used by RNA and DNA phages

A bioRxiv preprint maps bacterial host factors involved in infection by single-stranded RNA and DNA bacteriophages. The study identifies conserved requirements for F-pilus-dependent infection and links an E. coli capsule architecture to selective phage access.