Evolution of animal Piwi-interacting RNAs and prokaryotic CRISPRs

Briefings in Functional Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-288

  Kumar, M Senthil ^a   Kevin, Chen ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

piRNA; CRISPR; co evolution; transposable elements; phage; plasmids

Indexed keywords

CRISPR RNA; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DATABASES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHENOTYPE; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RNA; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84865135020     PISSN: 20412649     EISSN: 20412657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/els016     Document Type: Article

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