Inhibition of Type III CRISPR-Cas Immunity by an Archaeal Virus-Encoded Anti-CRISPR Protein

Yuvaraj Bhoobalan-Chitty, Thomas Baek Johansen, Nadia Di Cianni, Xu Peng*

*Corresponding author for this work
33 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Viruses infecting the archaeon Sulfolobus encode an inhibitor of the type III-B CRISPR-Cas system of their host, which specifically inhibits CRISPR-based targeting of viral middle and late genes.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCell
Volume179
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)448-458, e1-e11
ISSN0092-8674
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Keywords

  • AcrIIIB
  • anti-CRISPR
  • cell dormancy
  • Cmr
  • Cmr2 (Cas10)
  • collateral RNA degradation
  • CRISPR-Cas type III accessory RNase
  • middle/late viral genes

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