Toxin-antitoxin systems make up a branch of the bacterial anti-phage immune system. Here, Johannesman et al demonstrate that some phages have co-opted an orphan antitoxin to counter a DNA ADP ...

DNA replication is the biological process by which an exact copy of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule is created and it is the basis for biological inheritance. Each of the two strands of the ...