Adaptation and modification of three CRISPR loci in two closely related cyanobacteria

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 852-864

  Hein, Stephanie ^a   Scholz, Ingeborg ^a   Björn, Vßo ^a   Hess, Wolfgang R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; CRISPR; crRNA maturation; Cyanobacteria; Defense mechanisms; Transcriptional regulator

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; BACTERIAL RNA; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE LOCUS; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; REPRESSOR GENE; SYNECHOCYSTIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874161995     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.24160     Document Type: Article

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