The discovery of CRISPR in archaea and bacteria

MIMIVIRE is a defence system in mimivirus that confers resistance to virophage

(2016) Anthony Levasseur et al.   NATURE

DNA-guided genome editing using the Natronobacterium gregoryi Argonaute

(2016) Feng Gao et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Direct CRISPR spacer acquisition from RNA by a natural reverse transcriptase-Cas1 fusion protein

(2016) S. Silas et al.   SCIENCE

Insights from 20 years of bacterial genome sequencing

(2015) Miriam Land et al.   FUNCTIONAL & INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS

An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems

(2015) Kira S. Makarova et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

CRISPR–Cas systems: beyond adaptive immunity

(2014) Edze R. Westra et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Protospacer recognition motifs

(2013) Shiraz A. Shah et al.   RNA Biology

Reconstructing Viral Genomes from the Environment Using Fosmid Clones: The Case of Haloviruses

(2012) Inmaculada Garcia-Heredia et al.   PLoS One

Evolution and classification of the CRISPR–Cas systems

(2011) Kira S. Makarova et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The on-off switch of CRISPR immunity against phages in Escherichia coli

(2010) Francisco J. M. Mojica et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and plasmid DNA

(2010) Josiane E. Garneau et al.   NATURE

Short motif sequences determine the targets of the prokaryotic CRISPR defence system

(2009)   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Small CRISPR RNAs Guide Antiviral Defense in Prokaryotes

(2008) S. J. J. Brouns et al.   SCIENCE

CRISPR Interference Limits Horizontal Gene Transfer in Staphylococci by Targeting DNA

(2008) Luciano A. Marraffini et al.   SCIENCE

Virus Population Dynamics and Acquired Virus Resistance in Natural Microbial Communities

(2008) A. F. Andersson et al.   SCIENCE