Evidence for the widespread distribution of CRISPR-Cas system in the Phylum Cyanobacteria

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 687-693

  Cai, Fei ^a,b   Axen, Seth D ^a   Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,b,c  

^a DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Cas; CRISPR; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophage

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR APOPTOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAS1 GENE; CAS2 GENE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENOME ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSEUDOGENE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ARCHAEAL GENE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; CYANOBACTERIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84879005867     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.24571     Document Type: Article

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