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

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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Bibliographic Details
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

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