Conserved DNA motifs in the type II-A CRISPR leader region

The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated (CRISPR-Cas) systems consist of RNA-protein complexes that provide bacteria and archaea with sequence-specific immunity against bacteriophages, plasmids, and other mobile genetic elements. Bacteria and archaea become immune to...

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Main Authors: Mason J. Van Orden, Peter Klein, Kesavan Babu, Fares Z. Najar, Rakhi Rajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-04-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3161.pdf