Barrangou Rodolphe
Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA.
Genome Biol. 2015 Nov 9;16:247. doi: 10.1186/s13059-015-0816-9.
Bacterial adaptive immunity hinges on CRISPR-Cas systems that provide DNA-encoded, RNA-mediated targeting of exogenous nucleic acids. A plethora of CRISPR molecular machines occur broadly in prokaryotic genomes, with a diversity of Cas nucleases that can be repurposed for various applications.
细菌适应性免疫依赖于CRISPR-Cas系统,该系统提供DNA编码、RNA介导的对外源核酸的靶向作用。大量的CRISPR分子机器广泛存在于原核生物基因组中,还有多种Cas核酸酶可被重新用于各种应用。