Laixing Zhang

Jul 7, 2024 | nature.com | Laixing Zhang |Hao Wang |Jianwei Zeng |Zhengyu Gao |Jiawei Wang |Yi Zhang | +1 more

AbstractClustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)–Cas systems are prokaryotic adaptive immune systems against invading phages and other mobile genetic elements. Notably, some phages, including the Vibrio cholerae-infecting ICP1 (International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh cholera phage 1), harbor CRISPR–Cas systems to counteract host defenses.