Microbial Genomics: The Expanding Universe of Bacterial Defense Systems
- PMID: 29689213
- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.02.053
Microbial Genomics: The Expanding Universe of Bacterial Defense Systems
Abstract
Bacteria protect themselves against infection using multiple defensive systems that move by horizontal gene transfer and accumulate in genomic 'defense islands'. A recent study exploited these features to uncover ten novel defense systems, substantially expanding the catalog of bacterial defense systems and predicting the discovery of many more.
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Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome.Science. 2018 Mar 2;359(6379):eaar4120. doi: 10.1126/science.aar4120. Epub 2018 Jan 25. Science. 2018. PMID: 29371424 Free PMC article.
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