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protospacer

protospacer noun: a particular DNA motif.

Noun

protospacer (plural protospacers)

  1. A particular DNA motif.
    • 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.2015 July 21, Noelia Lander et al., “CRISPR/Cas9-Induced Disruption of Paraflagellar Rod Protein 1 and 2 Genes in Trypanosoma cruzi Reveals Their Role in Flagellar Attachment”, in mBio, volume 6, →DOI

Forms of protospacer

pluralprotospacers

Origin of protospacer

From proto- + spacer.

Questions about protospacer

What does protospacer mean?
Protospacer means a particular DNA motif.
What part of speech is protospacer?
Protospacer is a noun.
What is the plural of protospacer?
The plural of protospacer is protospacers.

Words near protospacer in the dictionary

  1. protosomal
  2. protosome
  3. protosomes
  4. protosomite
  5. protosomites
  6. protospacer
  7. protospacers
  8. protospatharios
  9. protospatharius
  10. protospecies
  11. protospeech

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