Summary Phages are viruses that attack bacteria, and the two exist in a perpetual evolutionary arms race. New research from EMBL sheds light on a creative strategy that one such phage – T7 – deploys to overcome bacterial defence pathways.

Summary Phages are viruses that attack bacteria, and the two exist in a perpetual evolutionary arms race. New research from EMBL sheds light on a creative strategy that one such phage – T7 – deploys to overcome bacterial defence pathways.