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recombinase

recombinase noun: any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes.

Noun

recombinase (plural recombinases)

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

Forms of recombinase

pluralrecombinases

Origin of recombinase

From recombine + -ase.

Words formed from recombinase

Questions about recombinase

What does recombinase mean?
Recombinase means any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes.
What part of speech is recombinase?
Recombinase is a noun.
What is the plural of recombinase?
The plural of recombinase is recombinases.

Words near recombinase in the dictionary

  1. recombinagenic
  2. recombinant
  3. recombinant DNA
  4. recombinantly
  5. recombinants
  6. recombinase
  7. recombinases
  8. recombination
  9. recombination energies
  10. recombination energy
  11. recombinational

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