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schizomer

schizomer noun: synonym of restriction enzyme.

Noun

schizomer (plural schizomers)

  1. Synonym of restriction enzyme.
    • Bsil and BpulOI belong to the class II restrictases, but have unusual recognition sites, related to the palindromic sequence CTCGAG (Xhol and its schizomers) and respectively, CCTNAGC (Saul and its schizomers).1990, Molecular Biology - Volume 24, Issues 1-2, page 213
    • For cleavage of picornavirus polyproteins, such initial nucleation raises no problem for the first schizomer in the sequence (structural protein).2012, H. Fraenkel-Conrat, Regulation and Genetics: Genetics of Animal Viruses, →ISBN, page 181

Synonyms of schizomer

Forms of schizomer

pluralschizomers

Origin of schizomer

From schizo- + -mer.

Words formed from schizomer

Questions about schizomer

What does schizomer mean?
Schizomer means synonym of restriction enzyme.
What part of speech is schizomer?
Schizomer is a noun.
What is the plural of schizomer?
The plural of schizomer is schizomers.

Words near schizomer in the dictionary

  1. schizolysigenous
  2. schizolysis
  3. schizolytic
  4. schizolytically
  5. schizomania
  6. schizomer
  7. schizomerous
  8. schizomers
  9. schizomid
  10. schizomids
  11. schizomycetous

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