CRISPR-Cas Controls Cryptic Prophages
The bacterial archetypal adaptive immune system, CRISPR-Cas, is thought to be repressed in the best-studied bacterium, <i>Escherichia coli</i> K-12. We show here that the <i>E. coli</i> CRISPR-Cas system is active and serves to inhibit its nine defective (i.e., cryptic) proph...
Main Authors: | Sooyeon Song, Ekaterina Semenova, Konstantin Severinov, Laura Fernández-García, Michael J. Benedik, Toshinari Maeda, Thomas K. Wood |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Molecular Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/24/16195 |
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