Cyclic pyrimidines jump on the anti-phage bandwagon.

Cyclic pyrimidines cCMP and cUMP were known to be present in a variety of organisms and cell types, but their biological roles remained mysterious. Tal et al. show that bacteria use cCMP and cUMP as second messengers that function in anti-phage defense. Crown Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Karen L Maxwell. Cyclic pyrimidines jump on the anti-phage bandwagon. Cell. 2021 Nov 11;184(23):5691-5693

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