CRISPR Antimicrobials
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...genome is lethal. If this DSB occurs on a plasmid, the plasmid will be eliminated from the bacterium, which...sequence-specific, antimicrobial, plasmid-based, CRISPR systems (Find the Citorik Plasmids here). In both cases, ...genes in E. coli using plasmid and phagemid delivery systems. Phagemids are plasmids containing a phage origin...sequence results in cell death. Plasmid targeting may result in plasmid loss and antibiotic resensitization... three essential processes: cell wall synthesis, DNA replication, or protein synthesis. Because they target...this resistance gene being encoded by a high-copy plasmid. In the case of the genomically encoded quinolone...resistance, mediated by a single base pair change in DNA gyrase, CRISPR phagemids were cytotoxic only for ...