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. 2016 Feb 10;19(2):135-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.01.015.

CRISPR-Cas Gatekeeper: Slow on the Uptake but Gets the Job Done

Rachel J Whitaker  1 , Carin K Vanderpool  2
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CRISPR-Cas Gatekeeper: Slow on the Uptake but Gets the Job Done

Rachel J Whitaker et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

Microbial CRISPR-Cas acts as a defense, but also as a gatekeeper controlling the flow of new genes into microbial genomes. In a recent Cell paper, Jiang et al. (2016) uncover the functional importance of transcription-dependent RNA targeting in type III-A CRISPR-Cas antiviral defense and provide insight into the co-evolution of virus-host symbioses.

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