CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies

Pourcel, Christine; Salvignol, Grégory; Vergnaud, Gilles

doi:10.1099/mic.0.27437-0

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CRISPR elements in Yersinia pestis acquire new repeats by preferential uptake of bacteriophage DNA, and provide additional tools for evolutionary studies

Published in Microbiology • Mar 1, 2005

Authors:

Christine Pourcel

Grégory Salvignol

Gilles Vergnaud

Abstract

The remarkable repetitive elements called CRISPRs (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) consist of repeats interspaced with non-repetitive elements or 'spacers'. CRISPRs are present in both archaea and bacteria, in association with genes involved in DNA recombination and repair...

Subject

Yersinia pestis

Biology

CRISPR

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