Bacterial physiology: Making a memory

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 643 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.131 Author: Ashley York CRISPR–Cas immune systems integrate short fragments of foreign DNA into CRISPR arrays within the host genome as a record against future encounters. Integration into the CRISPR locus is mediated by the CRISPR integrase, a heterohexameric complex of four Cas1 and two Cas2 proteins, and requires
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