Epidemiological and evolutionary consequences of different types of CRISPR-Cas systems.
Bacteria have adaptive immunity against viruses (phages) in the form of CRISPR-Cas immune systems. Currently, 6 types of CRISPR-Cas systems are known and the molecular study of three of these has revealed important molecular differences. It is unknown if and how these molecular differences change th...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-07-01
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Series: | PLoS Computational Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010329 |