Diversity, evolution, and therapeutic applications of small RNAs in prokaryotic and eukaryotic immune systems

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 113-134

  Cooper, Edwin L ^a   Overstreet, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; CONVERGENT SYSTEMS; GENETIC ELEMENTS; PALINDROMIC; RESISTANCE MECHANISMS; SYSTEM COMPONENTS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION; TREE OF LIFE;

IMMUNE SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84896690656     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2013.11.002     Document Type: Review

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