Dangerous weapons: A cautionary tale of CRISPR defence

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-6

  Dyall Smith, Mike ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPERSED PALINDROMIC REPEATS; DNA DEGRADATION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RNA INTERFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SULFOLOBUS; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; SULFOLOBUS;

ARCHAEA; PROKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 78650255291     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07451.x     Document Type: Note

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