CRISPR-mediated defense mechanisms in the hyperthermophilic archaeal genus Sulfolobus

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 671-678

  Manica, Andrea ^a   Schleper, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Archaea; CRISPR Cas system; Small RNAs; Sulfolobales; Virus defense

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CELLULAR APOPTOSIS SUSCEPTIBILITY PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; REVIEW; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; VIROLOGY;

ARCHAEA; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; PLASMIDS; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 84879017853     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.24154     Document Type: Review

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