Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary
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Addgene's CRISPR Guide
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Resources...DNA, and RNA used in CRISPR.
Figure 1: Overview of the parts of CRISPR. The bacterial chromosome...systems including Cas9), Cas proteins, and a CRISPR array. The CRISPR array is composed of identical repeat ...Different CRISPR systems involve different proteins, but many of them are called Cas, short for “CRISPR-associated...impetus for studying CRISPR.
Spacers: Copies of foreign nucleic acid sequences in the CRISPR array that will...chopping up their own CRISPR arrays. On the other hand, viruses can evolve to evade CRISPR by mutating these... from Addgene!
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crRNA: “CRISPR RNAs” are transcribed from the CRISPR array and include a spacer and...