Here's the link to the preprint:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Looking forward to discussing the story with folks at #SISB2026 this week! ðŸ¦
www.biorxiv.org
Tera Levin
Bacterial immune proteins have repeatedly evolved to become parts of eukaryotic immunity. But how?
Our new preprint uncovers a recent horizontal transfer event & shows how eukaryotes co-opted a toxic bacterial immune protein 🦠🧪🧵 1/