An archaeal CRISPR type III-B system exhibiting distinctive RNA targeting features and mediating dual RNA and DNA interference

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 406-417

  Peng, Wenfang ^a,b   Feng, Mingxia ^a   Feng, Xu ^a   Liang, Yun Xiang ^a   She, Qunxin ^a,b  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL RNA;

CHEMISTRY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PLASMID; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SULFOLOBUS;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PLASMIDS; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, ARCHAEAL; SULFOLOBUS;

EID: 84941143049     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1302     Document Type: Article

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