Medical Definition of Flp-frp recombinase
1.
Yeast system for DNA rearrangement. In the presence of flippase, a stretch of DNA flanked by matching frp sites is excised and the ends rejoined. An example of a cassette mechanism.
(Pronounced: flip furp)
See: FLP recombinase.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(22 Feb 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flp-frp Recombinase
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