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Factors affecting CRISPR-Cas defense against antibiotic resistance plasmids harbored by Enterococcus faecalis laboratory model strains and clinical isolates
Tahira Amdid Ratna, Belle M. Sharon, Cesar Alejandro Barros Velin, Kelli L. Palmer
This study investigates how multiple plasmids in donor strains affect CRISPR-Cas defense against targeted plasmids in E. faecalis, showing that non-targeted plasmids like pTEF2 enhance conjugative transfer of CRISPR-targeted plasmids.
DOI 10.1101/2025.03.10.642232