CRISPR: A Useful Genetic Feature to Follow Vaginal Carriage of Group B Streptococcus

CRISPR: A Useful Genetic Feature to Follow Vaginal Carriage of Group B Streptococcus

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and Cas (CRISPR-associated proteins) play a critical role in adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements, especially phages, through their ability to acquire novel spacer sequences. Polarized spacer acquisition results in space...

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Main Authors: Clémence Beauruelle, Adeline Pastuszka, Philippe Horvath, Franck Perrotin, Laurent Mereghetti, Philippe Lanotte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
CRISPR
Streptococcus agalactiae
carriage
genotyping
diversity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01981/full

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