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Structural insights into the inactivation of CRISPR-Cas systems by diverse anti-CRISPR proteins

Yuwei Zhu1, Fan Zhang2, Zhiwei Huang3

  • 1HIT Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. yuweizhu@mail.ustc.edu.cn.

BMC Biology
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PubMed

Keywords:
Adaptive immuneAnti-CRISPRCRISPR-Cas systemStructureViral infection

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