Transposase is an enzyme that binds to the ends of a transposon and catalyzes the movement of the transposon to another part of the genome by a cut and paste mechanism or a replicative transposition mechanism. The word `transposase` was first coined by the individuals who cloned the enzyme required for tranposition of the Tn3 transposon. The exi.....
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(from the article `nucleic acid`) ...to another, as first discovered in corn (maize) during the 1940s and `50s by Barbara McClintock, whose work won her a Nobel Prize in 1983. Most, ...
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Synonym for transposon ... <molecular biology> Small, mobile DNA sequences that can replicate and insert copies at random sites within chromosomes. They have nearly identical sequences at each end, oppositely oriented (inverted) repeats and code for the enzyme, transposase, that catalyses their insertion. ... Bacteria have two types of transp...
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See transposon.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: trans-pōz′ās Definitions: 1. An enzyme that is required for transposition of DNA segments.
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