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| Title |
Unification of Cas protein families and a simple scenario for the origin and evolution of CRISPR-Cas systems
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biology Direct, July 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6150-6-38 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kira S Makarova, L Aravind, Yuri I Wolf, Eugene V Koonin |
| Abstract |
The CRISPR-Cas adaptive immunity systems that are present in most Archaea and many Bacteria function by incorporating fragments of alien genomes into specific genomic loci, transcribing the inserts and using the transcripts as guide RNAs to destroy the genome of the cognate virus or plasmid. This RNA interference-like immune response is mediated by numerous, diverse and rapidly evolving Cas (CRISPR-associated) proteins, several of which form the Cascade complex involved in the processing of CRISPR transcripts and cleavage of the target DNA. Comparative analysis of the Cas protein sequences and structures led to the classification of the CRISPR-Cas systems into three Types (I, II and III). |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 2 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 759 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| China | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 743 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 148 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 136 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 131 | 17% |
| Researcher | 86 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 25 | 3% |
| Other | 88 | 12% |
| Unknown | 145 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 257 | 34% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 255 | 34% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 19 | 3% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 2% |
| Chemistry | 13 | 2% |
| Other | 46 | 6% |
| Unknown | 154 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 March 2024.
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#2,248,250
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Outputs from Biology Direct
#81
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#10,259
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#5
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