The CRISPR-Cas9 system, borrowed from prokaryotes, is like the "find and replace" function in a word processor, but for genes! Let's break it down.
C.R.I.S.P.R: Like the crisps you munch on? Not really! It stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. Here's what each word means
💡 Real-world example: Imagine a barcode scanner scanning products to find a match. Cas9 is the scanner, and the gRNA is the barcode it's looking for.
💡 Real-world example: It's like using an advanced software patch to fix bugs in a program. The software (CRISPR) searches for the bug (specific gene sequence), then patches it (modifies it)!
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The CRISPR-Cas9 system, borrowed from prokaryotes, is like the "find and replace" function in a word processor, but for genes! Let's break it down.
C.R.I.S.P.R: Like the crisps you munch on? Not really! It stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. Here's what each word means
💡 Real-world example: Imagine a barcode scanner scanning products to find a match. Cas9 is the scanner, and the gRNA is the barcode it's looking for.
💡 Real-world example: It's like using an advanced software patch to fix bugs in a program. The software (CRISPR) searches for the bug (specific gene sequence), then patches it (modifies it)!
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