CARF and WYL domains: Ligand-binding regulators of prokaryotic defense systems

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Makarova, Kira S ^a   Anantharaman, Vivek ^a   Grishin, Nick V ^b   Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta barrel; CRISPR; DNA binding proteins; Phage defense; Rossmann fold

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DEATH; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA REPAIR; GENOME ANALYSIS; LIGAND BINDING; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84901047385     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00102     Document Type: Article

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