Expression level of anti-phage defence systems controls a trade-off between protection range and autoimmunity - Nature Microbiology The authors examine several defense systems and find that increased expression enhances their protection range, albeit at a cost of autoimmunity.

🫴 Expression level of anti-phage defence systems controls a trade-off between protection range and autoimmunity:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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