CRISPR-Cas Systems RNA-mediated Adaptive Immunity in Bacteria and Archaea

CRISPR/Cas is a recently described defense system that protects bacteria and archaea against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids. A wide spectrum of distinct CRISPR/Cas systems has been identified in at least half of the available prokaryotic genomes. On-going structural and functional analyses have resulted in a far greater insight into the functions and possible applications of these systems, although many secrets remain to be discovered.
In this book, experts summarize the state of the art in this exciting field.

Summary

CRISPR/Cas is a recently described defense system that protects bacteria and archaea against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids. A wide spectrum of distinct CRISPR/Cas systems has been identified in at least half of the available prokaryotic genomes. On-going structural and functional analyses have resulted in a far greater insight into the functions and possible applications of these systems, although many secrets remain to be discovered. In this book, experts summarize the state of the art in this exciting field.

Product details

• Assisted by: Rodolphe Barrangou (Editor), John van der Oost (Editor), John van der Oost (Editor), Rodolph Barrangou (Editor), van der Oost (Editor), van der Oost (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 04.10.2012
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Microbiology
• EAN: 9783642346569
• ISBN: 978-3-642-34656-9
• Pages: 302
• Illustrations: X, 302 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 16.7 x 24.1 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 626 g
• Subjects: B, Microbiology (non-medical), microbiology, Medical microbiology & virology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Medical Microbiology, Genetics (non-medical), Microbial Genetics and Genomics, Microbial genomics, Microbial Genetics, Acquired immunity;Archaea;Bacterial Genome;CRISPR;Virus