CRISPR-Cas Systems RNA-mediated Adaptive Immunity in Bacteria and Archaea /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barrangou, Rodolphe (Editor), van der Oost, John (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Microbiology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Medical Microbiology.

CRISPR-Cas is a recently discovered defense system which protects bacteria and archaea against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids. A wide spectrum of distinct CRISPR-Cas immune systems has been identified in at least half of the available prokaryotic genomes. On-going b...