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SUBMITTER: Marraffini LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2928866 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature reviews. Genetics 20100301 3
Sequence-directed genetic interference pathways control gene expression and preserve genome integrity in all kingdoms of life. The importance of such pathways is highlighted by the extensive study of RNA interference (RNAi) and related processes in eukaryotes. In many bacteria and most archaea, clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPRs) are involved in a more recently discovered interference pathway that protects cells from bacteriophages and conjugative plasmids. CRISP ...[more]