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ArticleMolecular cell2019

Structure of the DNA-Bound Spacer Capture Complex of a Type II CRISPR-Cas System.

Martin Wilkinson, Gediminas Drabavicius, Arunas Silanskas, Giedrius Gasiunas, Virginijus Siksnys, Dale B Wigley

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Article in Molecular cell, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Martin WilkinsonSection of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Gediminas DrabaviciusInstitute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Arunas SilanskasInstitute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Giedrius GasiunasInstitute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Virginijus SiksnysInstitute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. Electronic address: siksnys@ibt.lt.
Dale B WigleySection of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: d.wigley@imperial.ac.uk.
Vilnius University · LTImperial College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council MR/N009258/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR and associated Cas proteins function as an adaptive immune system in prokaryotes to combat bacteriophage infection. During the immunization step, new spacers are acquired by the CRISPR machinery, but the molecular mechanism of spacer capture remains enigmatic. We show that the Cas9, Cas1, Cas2, and Csn2 proteins of a Streptococcus thermophilus type II-A CRISPR-Cas system form a complex and provide cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of three different assemblies. The predominant form, with the stoichiometry Cas1

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsBase SequenceBinding SitesCloning, MolecularCRISPR-Associated Protein 9Cryoelectron MicroscopyDNADNA, IntergenicEscherichia coliGene ExpressionGenetic VectorsIsoenzymesMolecular Docking SimulationNucleic Acid ConformationProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalCRISPR-Associated Protein 9DNADNA, IntergenicIsoenzymesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID31080012
PMCPMC6620040
OpenAlexW2944256494

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