CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteroides fragilis, an important pathobiont in the human gut microbiome

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue NOV, 2017, Pages

  Tajkarimi, Mehrdad ^a   Wexler, Hannah M ^a,b,c  

^a Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute Los Angeles   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLAVA Health Care System   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; CRISPR Cas system; Gut microbiome; Immune defense; Pathobiome; Phage; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENTEROTOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CAS GENE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DRUG EXPOSURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTESTINE FLORA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY;

EID: 85034964753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02234     Document Type: Article

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