Same Same but Different: New Structural Insight into CRISPR-Cas Complexes

Molecular Cell

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-7

  Heidrich, Nadja ^a   Vogel, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CRISPR CAS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, BACTERIAL; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84885344825     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: 10974164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.023     Document Type: Review

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