Cascade (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Cascade

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The architecture of the Cascade protein complex, a key player in the microbial immune system, resembles a seahorse, with crRNAs (green) displayed along the backbone within a helical arrangement of Cas protein subunits.

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courtesy of Jennifer Doudna/Eva Nogales research groups

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