CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) and associated Cas proteins comprise a system for heritable host defense by prokaryotic cells against phage and other foreign DNA; Large proteins, some contain Zn-finger domain; signature gene for I-C subtype; also known as Csx13_C family
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