Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary
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...Palindromic Repeats. That contrast of simplicity and complexity is reflected in the biology, too. CRISPR is an...proteins, and a CRISPR array. The CRISPR array is composed of identical repeat sequences and variable spacer..., and the spacer sequence is used to target complementary DNA sequences. In laboratory settings, an sgRNA...whose sequence is not checked. Assuming full complementarity, its sequence matches the guide sequence.
PAM...either crRNA or sgRNA). Cas9 requires perfect complementarity in this region between the guide and target...