CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies
Pourcel C;Salvignol G;Vergnaud G;;
Microbiology (Reading, England)2005Vol. 151pp. -
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c2005microbiologycrispr
Abstract
The remarkable repetitive elements called CRISPRs (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) consist of repeats interspaced with non-repetitive elements or 'spacers'. CRISPRs are present in both archaea and bacteria, in association with genes involved in DNA recombination and repair …