Rewritten genetic code allows bacteria to fend off viral attacks

Rewritten genetic code allows bacteria to fend off viral attacks Strategy could keep potentially dangerous genes from escaping from genetically modified organisms   Bacteria with a revised genetic code resist attacks from invaders, such as viruses known as bacteriophages (green).PATRICK LANDMANN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY     Call it a genetic firewall. By partially rewriting the genetic […]

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