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'Fanzor,' the first CRISPR-like system found in complex life

13 pointsby theddayalmost 2 years ago

2 comments

COGloryalmost 2 years ago
I must have missed something (unsurprising) but I could have sworn I remember reading about Fanzor1 and Fanzor2 like a decade ago. I would say this must be a different Fanzor, but my brain had them cataloged as transposases, and lo and behold, a quick PubMed search:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;10.1186&#x2F;1759-8753-4-12" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;mobilednajournal.biomedcentral.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;10.1186&#x2F;...</a>
ftxbroalmost 2 years ago
they are bacterial sequences that got into other organisms dna somehow