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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Main Authors: Hélène Chabas, Viktor Müller, Sebastian Bonhoeffer, Roland R Regoes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010329