Gamma-Mobile-Trio systems are mobile elements rich in bacterial defensive and offensive tools
The evolutionary arms race between bacteria and phages led to the emergence of bacterial
immune systems whose diversity and dynamics remain poorly understood. Here we use …
immune systems whose diversity and dynamics remain poorly understood. Here we use …
Pipolins are bimodular platforms that maintain a reservoir of defense systems exchangeable with various bacterial genetic mobile elements
V Mateo-Cáceres… - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Defense genes gather in diverse types of genomic islands in bacteria and provide immunity
against viruses and other genetic mobile elements. Here, we disclose pipolins, previously …
against viruses and other genetic mobile elements. Here, we disclose pipolins, previously …
A widespread bacterial mobile genetic element encodes weapons against phages, bacteria, and eukaryotes
Bacteria are found in ongoing conflicts with rivals and predators, which lead to an
evolutionary arms race and the development of innate and adaptive immune systems …
evolutionary arms race and the development of innate and adaptive immune systems …
A novel strategy to protect prokaryotic cells from virus infection
Y Ishino - Engineering Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
The recent discovery of the CRISPR-Cas-mediated acquired immunity system highlights the
fact that our knowledge of phage/virus defense mechanisms encoded in bacterial and …
fact that our knowledge of phage/virus defense mechanisms encoded in bacterial and …