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Characterization of a Type II-A CRISPR-Cas System in Streptococcus mutans

Streptococcus mutans and its virulent phages are important members of the human oral microbiota. S. mutans is also the primary causal agent of dental caries. To survive in this ecological niche, S. mutans must encode phage defense mechanisms, which include CRISPR-Cas systems. Here, we describe the C...

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Autores principales: Mosterd, Cas, Moineau, Sylvain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7316486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32581075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00235-20