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Russel88 / CRISPRCasTyper

CCTyper: Automatic detection and subtyping of CRISPR-Cas operons
https://typer.crispr.dk
MIT License
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Orphan CRISPR definition #44

Closed bio-unach closed 10 months ago

bio-unach commented 10 months ago

Dear Russel,

Thank you very much for this unique tool.

I have a simple question. How is defined an orphan CRISPR? I suppose that a lonely CRISPR in a contig could be considered an orphan, but how many ORFs are needed for considering an array as an orphan CRISPR?

Russel88 commented 10 months ago

Hi An orphan CRISPR is simply a CRISPR array that is not near a cas operon. The definition of "near" can be changed when running cctyper and is by default 10 kbp

bio-unach commented 10 months ago

Thank you very much!