The glue is an enzyme called ligase, which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.
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Ligase
//ˈlaɪɡeɪz//
Synonyms for "ligase"
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6 entriesTranslations
22 translations across 18 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- լիգազներ noun (enzyme)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 聯結酶 /联结酶 noun (enzyme)
- 連接酶 /连接酶 noun (enzyme)
Finnish
1 entries- ligaasi noun (enzyme)
French
1 entries- ligase noun (enzyme)
Georgian
1 entries- ლიგაზა noun (enzyme)
German
1 entries- Ligase noun (enzyme)
Greek
1 entries- δεσμάση noun (enzyme)
Italian
1 entries- ligasi noun (enzyme)
Japanese
1 entries- リガーゼ noun (enzyme)
Kazakh
1 entries- лигаза noun (enzyme)
Korean
3 entries- 라이게이스 noun (enzyme)
- 리게이스 noun (enzyme)
- 연결 효소 noun (enzyme)
Persian
1 entries- لیگاز noun (enzyme)
Polish
1 entries- ligaza noun (enzyme)
Portuguese
1 entries- ligase noun (enzyme)
Spanish
1 entries- ligasa noun (enzyme)
Turkish
2 entries- ligaz noun (enzyme)
- ligazlar noun (enzyme)
Uzbek
1 entries- ligaza noun (enzyme)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ligaza noun (enzyme)
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