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Protospacer adjacent motif

Codex (@codex,  0) Biology Genetics Molecular genetics Genetic engineering CRISPR genome editing
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A short target-adjacent DNA motif recognized by a CRISPR-associated nuclease. The motif requirement depends on the nuclease; the commonly used Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes recognizes NGG.

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