CRISPR meets caspase

Autor: James K. Nuñez, Megan L. Hochstrasser
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Nature Microbiology. 6:1481-1482
ISSN: 2058-5276
Popis: Diverse CRISPR–Cas systems protect prokaryotes against invasive genetic elements like phages. A new study finds that evolution has fused a multi-subunit CRISPR complex into a single protein that cuts RNA and interacts with an ancillary caspase-like peptidase, which may trigger cell suicide.
Databáze: OpenAIRE