Dr. Giedrė Tamulaitienė's Article in Nature Describes Thoeris - Bacteria Protection System Against Viruses
Senior Researcher Dr. Giedrė Tamulaitienė and colleagues from Vilnius University Life Sciences Center (VU LSC), in collaboration with the researchers from Weizmann Institute of Sciences (Israel), revealed an activation mechanism of the Thoeris antiviral defence system effector. The article Activation of Thoeris antiviral system via SIR2 effector filament assembly was published in the prestigious science and technology journal Nature. Researchers have determined the structure of the previously unknown active SIR2 effector of the bacterial defence system Thoeris (named after the Egyptian goddess who protects childbirth and fertility) and proposed an activation mechanism.