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Definition of Ligase

1. an enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme

Medical Definition of Ligase

1. Major class of enzymes that catalyse the linking together of two molecules (category 6 in the I.U.B.C.E. Nomenclature) for example DNA ligases that link two fragments of DNA by forming a phosphodiester bond. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Ligase

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings and by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"Mother non-PCR amplification method considered is the ligase amplification ... ligase chain reaction: Diagnostic technology for the 1990s and beyond. ..."

2. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"He is best known for developing the ligase chain reaction (LCR) and ligase detection reaction (LDR) and Universal DNA ..."

3. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"... Structural comparison, modes of expression, and putative cis-acting elements of the two 4- coumarate:CoA ligase genes in potato. ..."

4. Neither Created Nor Evolved: Living Joyously Without a Creator by Walter Prytulak (2001)
"They discovered restriction enzymes capable of cutting the DNA chain at certain junctions and then, using another enzyme called DNA ligase, to unite any two ..."

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