CRISPR Antimicrobials
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...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...this resistance gene being encoded by a high-copy plasmid. In the case of the genomically encoded quinolone...RNAs (crRNAs) targeting either genomic (blue) or plasmid-based sequences (red). Treating a mixed population...specifically targets bacteria with the given genomic or plasmid sequence from a mixed population without affecting...