The discovery of CRISPR in archaea and bacteria

FEBS Journal

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 3162-3169

  Mojica, Francisco J M ^a   Rodriguez Valera, Francisco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

adaptive immunity; Cas; CRISPR; genomics; interference; prokaryote; repeat

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARCHAEON; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HALOFERAX MEDITERRANEI; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 84986214322     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/febs.13766     Document Type: Review

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