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Viral recombination systems limit CRISPR-Cas targeting through the generation of escape mutations.
Cell host & microbe - 13 Oct 2021
Hossain Amer A, McGinn Jon, Meeske Alexander J, Modell Joshua W, Marraffini Luciano A
Abstract excerpt
CRISPR-Cas systems provide immunity to bacteria by programing Cas nucleases with RNA guides that recognize and cleave infecting viral genomes. Bacteria and their viruses each encode recombination systems that could repair the cleaved viral DNA. However, it is unknown whether and how these systems can affect CRISPR immunity. Bacteriophage λ uses the Red system (gam-exo-bet) to promote recombination between related...
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