The CRISPRdb database and tools to display CRISPRs and to generate dictionaries of spacers and repeats

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Archeae and Bacteria, the repeated elements called CRISPRs for "clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats" are believed to participate in the defence against viruses. Short sequences called spacers are st...

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Main Authors: Vergnaud Gilles, Grissa Ibtissem, Pourcel Christine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-05-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/172