The biology of CRISPR-Cas: backward and forward

F Hille, H Richter, SP Wong, M Bratovič, S Ressel… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
In bacteria and archaea, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
(CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins constitute an adaptive immune system …

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lifestyle: A Paradigm for Adaptation, Survival, and Persistence

MF Moradali, S Ghods, BHA Rehm - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen affecting immunocompromised
patients. It is known as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) …

[HTML][HTML] Phages and their satellites encode hotspots of antiviral systems

F Rousset, F Depardieu, S Miele, J Dowding… - Cell host & …, 2022 - cell.com
Bacteria carry diverse genetic systems to defend against viral infection, some of which are
found within prophages where they inhibit competing viruses. Phage satellites pose …

[HTML][HTML] Biology and applications of CRISPR systems: harnessing nature's toolbox for genome engineering

AV Wright, JK Nuñez, JA Doudna - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
Bacteria and archaea possess a range of defense mechanisms to combat plasmids and viral
infections. Unique among these are the CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short …

CRISPR-Cas: biology, mechanisms and relevance

F Hille, E Charpentier - … of the royal society B: biological …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Prokaryotes have evolved several defence mechanisms to protect themselves from viral
predators. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and their …

Inhibition of CRISPR-Cas9 with bacteriophage proteins

BJ Rauch, MR Silvis, JF Hultquist, CS Waters… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
Bacterial CRISPR-Cas systems utilize sequence-specific RNA-guided nucleases to defend
against bacteriophage infection. As a countermeasure, numerous phages are known that …

Anti-CRISPR: discovery, mechanism and function

A Pawluk, AR Davidson, KL Maxwell - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas adaptive immune systems are widespread among bacteria and archaea.
Recent studies have shown that these systems have minimal long-term evolutionary effects …

Anti-CRISPR protein applications: natural brakes for CRISPR-Cas technologies

ND Marino, R Pinilla-Redondo, B Csörgő… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-
associated (Cas) genes, a diverse family of prokaryotic adaptive immune systems, have …

Spatiotemporal control of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

C Zhuo, J Zhang, JH Lee, J Jiao, D Cheng… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2021 - nature.com
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/associated protein
9 (CRISPR/Cas9) gene editing technology, as a revolutionary breakthrough in genetic …

[HTML][HTML] The CRISPR-Cas immune system: biology, mechanisms and applications

D Rath, L Amlinger, A Rath, M Lundgren - Biochimie, 2015 - Elsevier
Viruses are a common threat to cellular life, not the least to bacteria and archaea who
constitute the majority of life on Earth. Consequently, a variety of mechanisms to resist virus …