Cryo-EM structures of Escherichia coli Ec86 retron complexes reveal architecture and defence mechanism - Nature.com


8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago

Retrons are reverse transcriptase-based bacterial genetic elements with a role in antiphage defence. Here the authors investigate the structure and function of retron Ec86, providing insight into retron-based genome editing systems.

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