A quantifiable phenotype of viral propagation.

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A system has been identified where a virus, replicating continuously on its host, displays a distinct and quantifiable phenotype, and thereby continuously reports on the state of the virus-host relationship. When bacteriophage T7 is plated out with its host, Escherichia coli, it establishes a constant-velocity infection wave, which is driven by an autocatalytic reaction-diffusion mechanism. The velocity--which is...

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