Article
Degenerate target sites mediate rapid primed CRISPR adaptation.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Apr 2014
Fineran Peter C, Gerritzen Matthias J H, Suárez-Diez María, Künne Tim, Boekhorst Jos, van Hijum Sacha A F T, Staals Raymond H J, Brouns Stan J J
Abstract excerpt
Prokaryotes encode adaptive immune systems, called CRISPR-Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-CRISPR associated), to provide resistance against mobile invaders, such as viruses and plasmids. Host immunity is based on incorporation of invader DNA sequences in a memory locus (CRISPR), the formation of guide RNAs from this locus, and the degradation of cognate invader DNA (protospacer)....
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