Chapter 17, Problem 13CONQ

Summary Introduction

To review:

The function of Cas1, Cas2, and Cas9 proteins for the defense in a bacterial genome.

Introduction:

The CRISPR-Cas system is a significant defense system in prokaryotes. It provides an effective defense against foreign invaders like bacteriophage, transposons, and plasmids. The CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) locus contains a series of repeated sequences which are derived from the DNA of bacteriophage.