TY - GEN AU - Makarova,Kira S AU - Wolf,Yuri I AU - van der Oost,John AU - Koonin,Eugene V TI - Prokaryotic homologs of Argonaute proteins are predicted to function as key components of a novel system of defense against mobile genetic elements SN - 1745-6150 PY - 2009///1209 KW - Amino Acid Sequence KW - Bacteriophages KW - genetics KW - Deoxyribonucleases KW - metabolism KW - Eukaryotic Initiation Factors KW - chemistry KW - Gene Transfer, Horizontal KW - Genome KW - Immune System KW - Interspersed Repetitive Sequences KW - Molecular Sequence Data KW - Phylogeny KW - Prokaryotic Cells KW - immunology KW - Protein Structure, Tertiary KW - Sequence Alignment KW - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid N1 - Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6150-4-29 ER -