Molecular mechanisms of CRISPR–Cas spacer acquisition

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 7-12

  McGinn, Jon ^a   Marraffini, Luciano A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENETICS; GENOME;

SPACER DNA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOME;

EID: 85053306211     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-018-0071-7     Document Type: Review

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