Inhibition of NHEJ repair by type II-A CRISPR-Cas systems in bacteria

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Bernheim, Aude ^a,b,c   Calvo Villamañán, Alicia ^a   Basier, Clovis ^a   Cui, Lun ^a   Rocha, Eduardo P C ^a,b   Touchon, Marie ^a,b   Bikard, David ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DNA; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; INHIBITION; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN; RNA; SUBSTRATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENOME; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; IMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRISPR-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 85037747006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02350-1     Document Type: Article

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