Keeping crispr in check: diverse mechanisms of phage-encoded anti-crisprs
CRISPR-Cas represents the only adaptive immune system of prokaryotes known to date. These immune systems are widespread among bacteria and archaea, and provide protection against invasion of mobile genetic elements, such as bacteriophages and plasmids. As a result of the arms-race between phages and...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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