The CRISPR-Cas immune system: Biology, mechanisms and applications

Biochimie

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 119-128

  Rath, Devashish ^a   Amlinger, Lina ^b   Rath, Archana ^c   Lundgren, Magnus ^b  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Cas3; Cas9; Cascade; Cmr Csm; CRISPR

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CAS GENE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; VIRUS DISEASES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84942079449     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2015.03.025     Document Type: Review

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