Anti-cas spacers in orphan CRISPR4 arrays prevent uptake of active CRISPR-Cas I-F systems

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Almendros, Cristóbal ^a   Guzmán, Noemí M ^a   García Martínez, Jesús ^a   Mojica, Francisco J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84991407954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.81     Document Type: Article

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