Casposons – silent heroes of the CRISPR-Cas systems evolutionary history

Many archaeal and bacterial organisms possess an adaptive immunity system known as CRISPR-Cas. Its role is to recognize and degrade foreign DNA showing high similarity to repeats within the CRISPR array. In recent years computational techniques have been used to identify cas1 genes that are not asso...

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Main Authors: Paulina Smaruj, Marek Kieliszek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund 2023-01-01
Series:EXCLI Journal : Experimental and Clinical Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.excli.de/index.php/excli/article/view/5581