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Anti-CRISPRs Deconstruct Bacterial Defense

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Journal Mol Cell
Publisher Cell Press
Specialty Cell Biology
Date 2024 Sep 6
PMID 39241751
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Abstract

Deploying anti-CRISPR proteins is a potent strategy used by phages to inhibit bacterial CRISPR-Cas defense. In a new Nature paper, Trost et al. discover and characterize an exciting anti-CRISPR mechanism with possible implications beyond this microscopic arms race.