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Envelope stress is a trigger of CRISPR RNA-mediated DNA silencing in Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2011
Perez-Rodriguez Ritsdeliz, Haitjema Charles, Huang Qingqiu, Nam Ki Hyun, Bernardis Sarah, Ke Ailong, DeLisa Matthew P
Abstract excerpt
A widespread feature in the genomes of most bacteria and archaea is an array of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) that, together with a group of CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins, mediate immunity against invasive nucleic acids such as plasmids and viruses. Here, the CRISPR-Cas system was activated in cells expressing a plasmid-encoded protein that was targeted to the...
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