"protospacer" meaning in English

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          "text": "Genomic DNA was extracted from parental and mutant cell lines and used as the template to amplify fragments of 200 to 1,500 bp containing the protospacer regions chosen for Cas9 targeting of the TcPFR1, TcPFR2, and TcGP72 genes.",
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        "A particular DNA motif."
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        "(genetics) A particular DNA motif."
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Protospacer adjacent motif"
      ]
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