Unification of Cas protein families and a simple scenario for the origin and evolution of CRISPR-Cas systems

Biology Direct

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Makarova, Kira S ^a   Aravind, L ^a   Wolf, Yuri I ^a   Koonin, Eugene V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 79960554003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-38     Document Type: Article

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