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noun
Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: SRSR
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noun
The CRISPR/Cas9 system, which functions to provide immunity to bacteria and archaea by finding a section of DNA and replacing it with an alternative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any technique or process or system for editing genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of CRISPR.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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verb
To edit genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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History
Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.
Across languages
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