Incomplete prophage tolerance by type III-A CRISPR-Cas systems reduces the fitness of lysogenic hosts

CRISPR-Cas systems, such as type III-A CRISPR-Cas, provide an immune mechanism for prokaryotic hosts to resist parasites, including phages. Here, the authors show that maintenance of conditionally tolerant type III-A systems can affect the fitness of Staphylococcus aureus lysogens.

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Autores principales: Gregory W. Goldberg, Elizabeth A. McMillan, Andrew Varble, Joshua W. Modell, Poulami Samai, Wenyan Jiang, Luciano A. Marraffini
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/26a41b550ed54bc689c612ad1492998b
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Sumario:CRISPR-Cas systems, such as type III-A CRISPR-Cas, provide an immune mechanism for prokaryotic hosts to resist parasites, including phages. Here, the authors show that maintenance of conditionally tolerant type III-A systems can affect the fitness of Staphylococcus aureus lysogens.