CRISPR-cas functional module exchange in Escherichia coli

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Almendros, Cristóbal ^a   Mojica, Francisco J M ^a   Díez Villaseñor, César ^a   Guzmán, Noemí M ^a   García Martínez, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAS E GENE; CAS F GENE; CRISPR GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84903363942     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00767-13     Document Type: Article

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