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relaxase

noun

Etymology

From relax + -ase.

  1. derived from relaxāre — “relax, loosen, open”
  2. derived from relaxer
  3. inherited from relaxen
  4. suffixed as relaxase — “relax + ase”

Definitions

  1. A single-stranded DNA transesterase produced by some prokaryotes and viruses.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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