CRISPRCasdb a successor of CRISPRdb containing CRISPR arrays and cas genes from complete genome sequences, and tools to download and query lists of repeats and spacers - CEA - Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives
Article Dans Une Revue Nucleic Acids Research Année : 2020

CRISPRCasdb a successor of CRISPRdb containing CRISPR arrays and cas genes from complete genome sequences, and tools to download and query lists of repeats and spacers

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In Archaea and Bacteria, the arrays called CRISPRs for 'clustered regularly interspaced short palin-dromic repeats' and the CRISPR associated genes or cas provide adaptive immunity against viruses, plas-mids and transposable elements. Short sequences called spacers, corresponding to fragments of invading DNA, are stored in-between repeated sequences. The CRISPR-Cas systems target sequences homol-ogous to spacers leading to their degradation. To facilitate investigations of CRISPRs, we developed 12 years ago a website holding the CRISPRdb. We now propose CRISPRCasdb, a completely new version giving access to both CRISPRs and cas genes. We used CRISPRCasFinder, a program that identifies CRISPR arrays and cas genes and determine the system's type and subtype, to process public whole genome assemblies. Strains are displayed either in an alphabetic list or in taxonomic order. The database is part of the CRISPR-Cas ++ website which also offers the possibility to analyse submitted sequences and to download programs. A BLAST search against lists of repeats and spacers extracted from the database is proposed. To date, 16 990 complete prokaryote genomes (16 650 bacteria from 2973 species and 340 archaea from 300 species) are included. CRISPR-Cas systems were found in 36% of Bacteria and 75% of Archaea strains. CRISPRCasdb is freely accessible at https://crisprcas.i2bc.paris-saclay.fr/.
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hal-02990278 , version 1 (05-11-2020)

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Christine Pourcel, Marie Touchon, Nicolas Villeriot, Jean-Philippe Vernadet, David Couvin, et al.. CRISPRCasdb a successor of CRISPRdb containing CRISPR arrays and cas genes from complete genome sequences, and tools to download and query lists of repeats and spacers. Nucleic Acids Research, 2020, 48 (D1), pp.D535-D544. ⟨10.1093/nar/gkz915⟩. ⟨hal-02990278⟩
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