CRISPR3 Regulates Exopolysaccharide Production in Myxococcus xanthus

Myxococcus xanthus, a model organism for studying development and Type IV pili (T4P), harbors three Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) on its chromosome. CRISPR systems, which function as an adaptive immune system in prokaryotes, are classified into three types based...

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Main Author: Wallace, Regina A.
Other Authors: Biological Sciences
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51670