Protospacer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Protospacer is a noun meaning (genetics) A particular DNA motif.
Meaning
(genetics) A particular DNA motif.
Example Sentences
Genomic DNA was extracted from parental and mutant cell lines and used as the template to amplify fragments of 200 to 1,500 bp containing the protospacer regions chosen for Cas9 targeting of the TcPFR1, TcPFR2, and TcGP72 genes.
Word Forms
- protospacers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include splinker, supermotif, minimotif, proxygene, spatacsin, pentarepeat.
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