CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Workshop 2024 - Quiz 1

CRISPR system evolved in bacteria and archaea in their defense against....

• Coronaviruses

• Chemical reagents

• Bacteriophage

• Other bacteria

CRISPR defense system is a part of __________ immune response in bacteria.

• Innate

• Adaptive

• Inactivated

• Activated

What does PAM stands for?

• Protospacer adjacent motif

• Prototracr adjacent motif

• Prototype adjacent motif

• Protein adjacent motif

Cas9 belongs to the Class II effectors of CRISPR system.

• True

• False

What does Cas9 do when it encounters a region that is complement to the paired crRNA sequence?

• Repression of the target gene

• Activation of the target gene

• Single stranded Breaks

• Double Stranded Breaks (DSB)