In the Anti-CRISPR Jungle, Only the Weak Thrive?

If, as we all know, only the strong survive, why do bacterial viruses (phages) encode weak suppressors of a bacterial immune system? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chevallereau et al. (2019) expertly demonstrate how, in the context of competition with other phages, weakness can be a stren...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cell host & microbe 2020-02, Vol.27 (2), p.157-159
Hauptverfasser:	Croteau, Felix R, Hynes, Alexander P
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteria Bacteriophages - genetics Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats Cooperative Behavior CRISPR-Cas Systems
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Zusammenfassung:	If, as we all know, only the strong survive, why do bacterial viruses (phages) encode weak suppressors of a bacterial immune system? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Chevallereau et al. (2019) expertly demonstrate how, in the context of competition with other phages, weakness can be a strength.
ISSN:	1931-3128 1934-6069
DOI:	10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.019