ligase
See also: Ligase
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editligase (plural ligases)
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 244:
- The glue is an enzyme called ligase, which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.
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