CRISPR-Cas systems: New players in gene regulation and bacterial physiology

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Sampson, Timothy R ^a   Weiss, David S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogenesis; Cas9; CRISPR Cas; Francisella novicida; Post transcriptional regulation of gene expression

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; REVIEW; BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAS9; CRISPR-CAS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNOLOGY; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENESIS; CAS9; CRISPR-CAS; FRANCISELLA NOVICIDA; POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNE EVASION; LIPOPROTEINS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84906541312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00037     Document Type: Review

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