Two CRISPR-Cas systems in Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1 display common processing features despite belonging to different types I and III

RNA Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 779-791

  Nickel, Lisa ^a   Weidenbach, Katrin ^a   Jag̈er, Dominik ^a,d   Backofen, Rolf ^b   Lange, Sita J ^b   Heidrich, Nadja ^c   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas system; Immunity of prokaryotes; Methanoarchaea; Methanosarcina mazei 2013 landes bioscience; Phages; Regulatory RNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN CAS6B; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL RNA; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAS GENE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TYPE I SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

METHANOSARCINA MAZEI; METHANOSARCINA MAZEI GO1; PROKARYOTA;

BASE SEQUENCE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, ARCHAEAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 84879023629     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.23928     Document Type: Article

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