GYRASE


Meaning of GYRASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈjī-ˌrās ]

noun

Etymology: gyr- + -ase

Date: 1976

: a bacterial enzyme that catalyzes the breaking and rejoining of bonds linking adjacent nucleotides in circular DNA to generate supercoiled DNA helices

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