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Molecular Mechanisms of Sensing and Synergy by Anti-Bacteriophage Immune Systems in Staphylococcus
… invading pathogen while limiting autoimmunity. Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses infecting bacteria that are thought to outnumber their hosts by a factor of ten to one in most environments. They are by far the most ubiquitous biological entities, estimated to exceed a staggering quantity of …
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Cas9-Primed Adaptive Immunity During the CRISPR-Cas Response
<p>Prokaryotes have developed numerous defense strategies to combat the constant threat of viruses (bacteriophages) that endanger them. Clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) loci provide archaea and bacteria with adaptive immune systems that allow them to counteract …