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...
Main Authors: | , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
American Society for Microbiology
2023-06-01
|
Series: | Microbiology Spectrum |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03409-22 |