Recruitment of CRISPR-Cas systems by Tn7-like transposons
J. E. Peters, K. S. Makarova, S. Shmakov, E. V. Koonin
The paper identifies CRISPR-Cas systems within Tn7-like transposons, showing they are truncated and function in pre-crRNA processing but not target cleavage, and proposes a mechanism for their role in transposon spread.
bioRxiv · Jun 23, 2017Evolutionary Biology