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CRISPR
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CRISPR (genome editing): A genome-editing approach that uses programmable guide RNAs and CRISPR-associated enzymes to target and modify specific DNA sequences.
CRISPR (bacterial immunity): An adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea that uses stored fragments of viral DNA to recognize and defend against later infections.
CRISPR (DNA sequences): Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats: repeated DNA sequences separated by distinctive spacer sequences in many bacteria and archaea.