recombinase


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re·com·bi·nase

 (rē-kŏm′bə-nās′, -nāz′)
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes the exchange of short pieces of DNA between two long DNA strands, particularly the exchange of homologous regions between the paired maternal and paternal chromosomes.
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coli through the action of recombinase enzymes (17).
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A portable reverse transcription recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of foot-and-mouth disease virus.
Multi-resistance strategy for viral diseases and in vitro short hairpin RNA verification method in pigs
For the iNAD assay, detailed protocols combining silicon microring resonators (SMRs) and recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) were used (18, 19).
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Similar to the Tet system, the Cre-flox system also requires two transgenes: A tissue-specific promotor regulates the expression of Cre recombinase, a bacteriophage enzyme which recombines DNA at specific recognition sequences called loxP sites.
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