Function and Regulation of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) / CRISPR Associated (Cas) Systems
Phages are the most abundant biological entities on earth and pose a constant challenge to their bacterial hosts. Thus, bacteria have evolved numerous ‘innate’ mechanisms of defense against phage, such as abortive infection or restriction/modification systems. In contrast, the clustered regularly in...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2012-10-01
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Series: | Viruses |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/4/10/2291 |