CRISPR-Cas systems

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001586",
  "term": "CRISPR-Cas systems",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Adaptive antiviral defense mechanisms, in archaea and bacteria, based on DNA repeat arrays called Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR elements) that function in conjunction with CRISPR-associated proteins (Cas proteins). Several types have been distinguished, including Type I, Type II, and Type III, based on signature motifs of CRISPR-associated proteins.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CRISPR/Cas9 system"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "gene silencing",
    "adaptive immunity",
    "gene editing",
    "CRISPR-associated proteins",
    "CRISPR-associated endonuclease 9"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sistemas CRISPR-Cas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/crispr-cas-systems/"
}