Monday, June 29, 2026
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This anti-CRISPR stops the protein assembly line in bacteria

Bacteria fend off invading viruses with molecular scissors that slice up viral DNA—a system called CRISPR that's become indispensable to gene editing. But viruses can fight back with a molecular trick that stops the scissors from ever being made.

This anti-CRISPR stops the protein assembly line in bacteria
Image: Phys.org
Bacteria fend off invading viruses with molecular scissors that slice up viral DNA—a system called CRISPR that's become indispensable to gene editing. But viruses can fight back with a molecular trick that stops the scissors from ever being made.

Originally published at Phys.org

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