Bacterial Physiology: Phage injection establishes CRISPR immunity

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 255 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.39 Author: Shimona Starling A new study by Maraffini and colleagues shows that CRISPR–Cas systems capture phage DNA during genome injection, which protects cells from subsequent infection before the lytic cycle begins.
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