"deflox" meaning in English

See deflox in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: defloxes [present, singular, third-person], defloxing [participle, present], defloxed [participle, past], defloxed [past]
Etymology: From de- + flox. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|flox}} de- + flox Head templates: {{en-verb}} deflox (third-person singular simple present defloxes, present participle defloxing, simple past and past participle defloxed)
  1. (molecular biology) To remove a DNA sequence from between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP" Categories (topical): Molecular biology

Inflected forms

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