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Cluster Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats; Naturally a prokaryotic adaptive immune system, elements of CRISPR are increasingly being used for sequence specific DNA targeting in biotechnological applications, especially genome editing. This tag can be used for questions about its natural function or biotechnological applications, including elements of the CRISPR system such as Cas9 and Cpf1 nucleases.

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