Invertasome

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nucleoprotein complex that causes inversion of a DNA sequence

    "A single rotation will be favored in the Fis/enhancer-associated invertasome complex in part because the DNA segment between hixL-1 and the enhancer is only 155 bp."

Example

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"A single rotation will be favored in the Fis/enhancer-associated invertasome complex in part because the DNA segment between hixL-1 and the enhancer is only 155 bp."

Etymology

From invert + -a- + -some.

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