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CRISPR Cas9
Cas9 is a scissors protein that bacteria use against viruses. Scientists turned it into a tool to edit DNA on purpose.
Fun fact
The first CRISPR medicine was approved in 2023 for sickle cell.
Words to know
crisprdnagenevirus
NGSS alignment
MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
Structure
Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry Q99ZW2. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/Q99ZW2.
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