Biological warfare between two bacterial viruses in a defense archipelago sheds light on the spread of CRISPR-Cas systems

Summary: CRISPR-Cas systems are adaptive immunity systems of bacteria and archaea that prevent infection by viruses and other external mobile genetic elements. It is currently known that these defense systems can be co-opted by the same viruses. We have found one of these viruses in the opportunisti...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Rubio, Andrés Garzón, Antonio Moreno-Rodríguez, Antonio J. Pérez-Pulido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124724014360
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