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...target and nontarget DNA strands upstream of the PAM site found in the nontarget strand.
Protein
...complementarity, its sequence matches the guide sequence.
PAM: The “protospacer-adjacent motif” present in the ...proteins won’t cut DNA that doesn’t have their specific PAM, which is how they avoid chopping up their own CRISPR...Various labs have created Cas9 enzymes with looser PAM requirements, which are available from Addgene!
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