Prophages are associated with extensive CRISPR-Cas auto-immunity
Franklin L. Nóbrega, Hielke Walinga, Bas E. Dutilh, Stan J. J. Brouns
The paper investigates STS in bacterial genomes, finding they are common and often linked to prophages, with mechanisms to evade auto-immunity.
Nucleic Acids Research · Oct 22, 2020Peer-reviewedBioinformatics