The immune system of halophilic archaea

Prokaryotes have developed several strategies to defend themselves against foreign genetic elements. One of those defense mechanisms is the recently identified CRISPR/Cas system, which is used by approximately half of all bacterial and almost all archaeal organisms. The CRISPR/Cas system differs fro...

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Main Authors: Maier, Lisa-Katharina, Fischer, Susan, Stoll, Britta, Brendel, Jutta, Pfeiffer, Friedhelm, Dyall-Smith, Mike, Marchfelder, Anita
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3575430/