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GO: Biological Process

CRISPR-cas system

Term ID
GO:0099048
Synonyms
Definition
A defense response of that serves to clear host cells of foreign DNA and RNA. It has three distinct stage: acquisition of foreign DNA by integration into CRISPR loci in the host chromosome, CRISPR RNA (crRNA) biogenesis, and target interference. CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat, which describes the nature of the loci. (3)
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Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes