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Self vs. non-self discrimination during CRISPR RNA-directed immunity

All immune systems must distinguish self from non-self to repel invaders without inducing autoimmunity. Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) loci protect bacteria and archaea from invasion by phage and plasmid DNA through a genetic interference pathway1–9. CRISPR loci...

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Autores principales: Marraffini, Luciano A., Sontheimer, Erik J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2813891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20072129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08703