What is the CRISPR-Cas9 system initially developed for?
Bacterial defense
Human defense
Tackling climate change
Smart home automation
Answer
As the name suggests, the CRISPR-Cas9 system acts as a bacterial defense mechanism against invading viruses and other foreign genetic elements. It operates like a pair of molecular scissors, with the Cas9 protein acting as the scissor and the CRISPR RNA (crRNA) serving as the guide that leads Cas9 to the specific DNA sequence to be cut.
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Jennifer Doudna is also a senior investigator at the which institutions?
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