Coevolution of directly contacting proteins in phage-bacterium ecosystem: possibility or fiction?
The possibility of phage and bacterium coevolution at the level of directly contacting proteins is considered. The arguments are presented that a deterministic approach is quite legitimate in theoretical descriptions of the main features of the process.
D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008954:Models, Biological; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000502:physiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins