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integrase

noun

Etymology

From integrate + -ase.

  1. derived from integrātus
  2. inherited from integrat — “intact, whole”
  3. suffixed as integrase — “integrate + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of an infected cell

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for integrase. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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