Pruning and Tending Immune Memories: Spacer Dynamics in the CRISPR Array

CRISPR-Cas (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats and CRISPR-associated genes) is a type of prokaryotic immune system that is unique in its ability to provide sequence-specific adaptive protection, which can be updated in response to new threats. CRISPR-Cas does this by storing f...

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Main Author: Sandra C. Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.664299/full