What is cre
Molecular Biology
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Cre refers to Cre recombinase, an enzyme derived from bacteriophage P1. It is widely used in molecular biology to catalyze site-specific recombination between two loxP sites, allowing for the deletion, inversion, or translocation of DNA segments in a controlled manner. This system is particularly valuable for generating conditional gene knockouts in research organisms.
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