Comparative genomics of defense systems in archaea and bacteria

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 4360-4377

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; APOPTOSIS; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CELL DEATH; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; IMMUNITY, INNATE;

EID: 84877304698     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt157     Document Type: Article

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