Nat Rev Microbiol · 2020
Evolutionary classification of CRISPR-Cas systems: a burst of class 2 and derived variants
Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Iranzo J, Shmakov SA, Alkhnbashi OS, Brouns SJJ, Charpentier E, Cheng D, Haft DH, Horvath P, Moineau S, Mojica FJM, Scott D, Shah SA, Siksnys V, Terns MP, Venclovas Č, White MF, Yakunin AF, Yan W, Zhang F, Garrett RA, Backofen R, van der Oost J, Barrangou R, Koonin EV.
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- Makarova KS — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Wolf YI — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Iranzo J — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Shmakov SA — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Alkhnbashi OS — Bioinformatics group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.
- Brouns SJJ — Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
- Charpentier E — Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
- Cheng D — Arbor Biotechnologies, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Haft DH — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Horvath P — DuPont Nutrition and Health, Dangé-Saint-Romain, France.
- Moineau S — Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, Faculté des sciences et de génie, Groupe de recherche en écologie buccale, Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses, Faculté de médecine dentaire, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
- Mojica FJM — Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
- Scott D — Arbor Biotechnologies, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Shah SA — COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
- Siksnys V — Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Terns MP — Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
- Venclovas Č — Institute of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- White MF — Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK.
- Yakunin AF — Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- Yan W — Arbor Biotechnologies, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Zhang F — Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Garrett RA — Archaea Centre, Department of Biology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Backofen R — Bioinformatics group, Department of Computer Science, University of Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.
- van der Oost J — Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Barrangou R — Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
- Koonin EV — National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, USA. koonin@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
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