Fig. 4From: Genetic tool development and systemic regulation in biosynthetic technologya Each ZFN contains the cleavage domain of FokI linked to several zinc fingers which can be designed to specifically recognize that flank the cleavage site. b TALEN target sites consist of two TALE binding sites separated by a spacer sequence of varying length. c CRISPR–Cas9 is a two-component system composed of Cas9 and gRNA. Once Cas9 finds a PAM site if the gRNA binds to the DNA, a double break occurs three base pairs upstream the PAMBack to article page