The CRISPR system protects microbes against phages, plasmids

Microbe

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 224-230

  Barrangou, Rodolphe ^a   Horvath, Philippe ^a  

^a Development group at Danisco in Madison   (France)

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EID: 67649230863     PISSN: 15587452     EISSN: 15587460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbe.4.224.1     Document Type: Article

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