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	[[Cas9]] is the RNA-guided [[DNA]] [[endonuclease]] used by the CRISPR(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic ~~repeat~~)-associated systems to generate double-strand DNA breaks in the invading DNA during an adaptive bacterial immune response.		[[Cas9]] is the RNA-guided [[DNA]] [[endonuclease]] used by the CRISPR(clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-associated systems to generate double-strand DNA breaks in the invading DNA during an adaptive bacterial immune response.

	It has been exploited for use in genome editing systems.		It has been exploited for use in genome editing systems.