Abstract:
:Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins constitute an adaptive immune system in prokaryotes. The system preserves memories of prior infections by integrating short segments of foreign DNA, termed spacers, into the CRISPR array in a process termed adaptation. During the past 3 years, significant progress has been made on the genetic requirements and molecular mechanisms of adaptation. Here we review these recent advances, with a focus on the experimental approaches that have been developed, the insights they generated, and a proposed mechanism for self- versus non-self-discrimination during the process of spacer selection. We further describe the regulation of adaptation and the protein players involved in this fascinating process that allows bacteria and archaea to harbor adaptive immunity.
journal_name
Mol Celljournal_title
Molecular cellauthors
Sternberg SH,Richter H,Charpentier E,Qimron Udoi
10.1016/j.molcel.2016.01.030subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-03-17 00:00:00pages
797-808issue
6eissn
1097-2765issn
1097-4164pii
S1097-2765(16)00083-6journal_volume
61pub_type
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