A novel strategy to protect prokaryotic cells from virus infection

The recent discovery of the CRISPR-Cas-mediated acquired immunity system highlights the fact that our knowledge of phage/virus defense mechanisms encoded in bacterial and archaeal genomes is far from complete. Indeed, new prokaryotic immune systems are now continually being discovered. A recent repo...

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Main Author: Yoshizumi Ishino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Engineering Microbiology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266737032400016X