Investigating the Relationship between CRISPR-Cas Content and Growth Rate in Bacteria
ABSTRACT CRISPR-Cas systems provide adaptive immunity for prokaryotic cells by recognizing and eliminating the recurrent genetic invaders whose sequences had been captured in a prior infection and stored in the CRISPR arrays as spacers. However, the biological/environmental factors determining the e...
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| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03409-22 |