The adaptive immune system of Haloferax volcanii

Life

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 521-537

  Maier, Lisa Katharina ^a   Dyall Smith, Mike ^b   Marchfelder, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cas6; Cascade; CRISPR cas; CrRNA; Haloferax volcanii; PAM; Type I B

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HALOFERAX; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84924286128     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life5010521     Document Type: Review

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