ISC, a Novel Group of Bacterial and Archaeal DNA Transposons That Encode Cas9 Homologs

Bacterial genomes encode numerous homologs of Cas9, the effector protein of the type II CRISPR-Cas systems. The homology region includes the arginine-rich helix and the HNH nuclease domain that is inserted into the RuvC-like nuclease domain. These genes, however, are not linked to cas genes or CRISP...

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Main Authors: Kapitonov, Vladimir V., Makarova, Kira S., Koonin, Eugene V.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810608/