A bacteriophage encodes its own CRISPR/Cas adaptive response to evade host innate immunity

Kimberley D. Seed(Tufts University), David W. Lazinski(Howard Hughes Medical Institute), Stephen B. Calderwood(Massachusetts General Hospital), Andrew Camilli(Tufts University)
Nature
February 1, 2013
10.1038/nature11927
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