Characterizing the activity of abundant, diverse and active CRISPR-Cas systems in lactobacilli

Scientific Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Crawley, Alexandra B ^a   Henriksen, Emily D ^a   Stout, Emily ^a   Brandt, Katelyn ^a   Barrangou, Rodolphe ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; PLASMID;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, GUIDE;

EID: 85050993796     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29746-3     Document Type: Article

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