protelomerase

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noun

Any enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres

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Meanings

nounprotelomerase (plural protelomerases)

plural protelomerases

  1. biochemistryAny enzyme that generates and protects "hairpin" telomeres

    The parental pDNA (Fig 3) is composed of an^([sic]) eukaryotic expression cassette flanked by two multi-target sites, called "Super Sequence" (SS), acting as recognition sites for PY54 bacteriophage derived Tel protelomerase.

    2015 November 13, “Physical Characterization of Gemini Surfactant-Based Synthetic Vectors for the Delivery of Linear Covalently Closed (LCC) DNA Ministrings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From pro- + telomer + -ase.

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