editjar Ġenoma huwa l-modifikazzjoni preċiża immirat tas-sekwenza tan-nukleotidi tal-ġenoma.

Fil-każ ta 'CRISPR / Cas9, gwida RNA jieħu l-post ta 'proteini tad-DNA, therefore simplifying the process. CRISPR stands forClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)”.

The CRISPR/Cas9 system is based on a bacterial defense system against foreign DNA (e.g. viruses), whereby an RNA guided nuclease makes highly targeted cuts in the genome.

The CRISPR-Cas9 complex consists of (ara l-istampa hawn taħt)

  • a Cas9 protein (Cas9 stands għall “CRISPR assoċjat)
  • a RNA gwida waħda (sgRNA)

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