CRISPR

Meanings

Noun

• Segments of bacteria and archaea DNA containing short repetitions of base sequences.
• The CRISPR/Cas9 system, which functions to provide immunity to bacteria and archaea by finding a section of DNA and replacing it with an alternative.
• Any technique or process or system for editing genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Verb

• To edit genomes by laboratory use of the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Origin

• Acronym of clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats.