Analysis of Cas1-2 and Cas3 CRISPR immunity proteins in E. coli cell physiology

CRISPR-Cas is an adaptive immune system which provides protection from invasive mobile genetic elements in prokaryotes. CRISPR-Cas immunity starts with acquisition: this involves the capture of DNA fragments called ‘prespacers’, which are then processed to become ‘protospacers’ and integrated into t...

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Main Author: Reeves, Ryan Peter
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/56480/