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Name the two parts of CRISPR and explain what each does

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The CRISPR-Cas9 system consists of two key molecules that introduce a change into the DNA.

The guide RNA is designed to find and bind to a specific sequence in the DNA.

The Cas9 follows the guide RNA to the same location in the DNA sequence and makes a cut across both strands of the DNA

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