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- Retrons are important for defense against viruses (phages) and for engineering bacterial genomes.
- Despite their significance, only a limited number of retrons have been thoroughly studied until now.
- The August issue of Nature Biotechnology features a study by Khan et al., which presents hundreds of retrons that have been experimentally researched, advancing our understanding of bacterial immunity and genome engineering.
Article Abstract
Retrons are notable for their anti-phage defense functions and genome engineering applications. However, only a few retrons have been well characterized. In the August issue of Nature Biotechnology, Khan et al. present hundreds of experimentally studied retrons, which are critical for bacterial immunity research and retron-based genome engineering technologies.
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