Evolution of CRISPR RNA recognition and processing by Cas6 endonucleases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1341-1353

  Niewoehner, Ole ^a   Jinek, Martin ^a   Doudna, Jennifer A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN CAS6; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; RNA SEQUENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; ENDONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA; RNA CLEAVAGE; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84893230222     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt922     Document Type: Article

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