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Detection and analysis of CRISPRs of Shigella.
Current microbiology - 1 Jan 2015
Guo Xiangjiao, Wang Yingfang, Duan Guangcai, Xue Zerun, Wang Linlin, Wang Pengfei, Qiu Shaofu, Xi Yuanlin, Yang Haiyan
Abstract excerpt
The recently discovered CRISPRs (Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) and Cas (CRISPR-associated) proteins are a novel genetic barrier that limits horizontal gene transfer in prokaryotes and the CRISPR loci provide a historical view of the exposure of prokaryotes to a variety of foreign genetic elements. The aim of study was to investigate the occurrence and distribution of the CRISPRs in...
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