Viruses use RNA decoys to thwart CRISPR defences

Carolyn Kraus and Erik J. Sontheimer ()

Nature, 2023, vol. 623, issue 7987, 490-491

Abstract: Bacteria and archaea are microorganisms that often use RNA-guided defences called CRISPR to destroy the genomes of viruses that infect them. It now emerges that viruses make RNAs that act as mimics to divert such defences.

Keywords: Non-coding RNAs; Microbiology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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