"retrotransposase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retrotransposases [plural]
Etymology: retro- + transposase Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|retro|transposase}} retro- + transposase Head templates: {{en-noun}} retrotransposase (plural retrotransposases)
  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses retrotransposition Categories (topical): Enzymes

Inflected forms

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