A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...

Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Researchers uncovered a previously unknown CRISPR immune response in bacteria that targets transfer RNAs. The newly ...

A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency ...

A virus relies on the host's translation machinery to replicate itself and become infectious. Translation efficiency partially depends ...

Scientists have discovered a new CRISPR mechanism with precise activity, expanding the potential applications of the existing ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

A novel CRISPR defense mechanism, unlike known nucleases, specifically destroys transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNA) that are ...

Until recently, the maturation of the 3′-end of tRNA precursors in Bacteria has been assumed to follow the E. coli paradigm, in which a cleavage event downstream of tRNAs is followed by exonucleolytic ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to ...