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recombinase

noun

Etymology

From recombine + -ase.

  1. derived from con- — “together”
  2. derived from combīnō — “unite, yoke together”
  3. derived from combiner
  4. inherited from combynyn
  5. prefixed as recombine — “re + combine”
  6. suffixed as recombinase — “recombine + ase”

Definitions

  1. Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA