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From: Microbial-derived products as potential new antimicrobials

Figure 1

The CRISPR system as an antimicrobial. A phage vector is used to inject a CRISPR system in a population of target bacteria. The Cas9 RNA-guided nuclease is expressed together with a guide RNA that will direct it to cut a target sequence. When the target is carried on a plasmid, the plasmid is cured, possibly leading to re-sensitization to an antibiotics. When the target is carried on the chromosome, cells die as a result of the chromosome degradation.

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