CRISPR sequences

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001583",
  "term": "CRISPR sequences",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Repetitive nucleic acid sequences that are principal components of the archaeal and bacterial CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS, which function as adaptive antiviral defense systems.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CRISPR arrays",
    "CRISPR clusters",
    "CRISPR loci",
    "CRISPR spacer sequences",
    "CRISPR spacers"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "tandem repeat sequences"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2018",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "secuencias CRISPR"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/crispr-sequences/"
}