Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems | Science

Integrons are genetic systems that drive bacterial adaptation by acquiring, expressing, and shuffling gene cassettes. While mobile integrons are well known for spreading antibiotic resistance genes, the functions of the hundreds of cassettes carried by ...

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Sedentary chromosomal integrons as biobanks of bacterial antiphage defense systems | Science
Integrons are genetic systems that drive bacterial adaptation by acquiring, expressing, and shuffling gene cassettes. While mobile integrons are well known for spreading antibiotic resistance genes, the functions of the hundreds of cassettes carried by ...