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Definition of Lyases

1. lyase [n] - See also: lyase

Medical Definition of Lyases

1. A class of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of c-c, c-o, and c-n, and other bonds by other means than by hydrolysis or oxidation. Registry number: EC 4. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyases

Literary usage of Lyases

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

1. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plan Vectors: Bibliography January 1993 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"... 149, 250, 112 Luciferase 68, 102 Luminescence 68 lyases 177 Lycopersicon ... 165 Oxidoreductases 21 Oxo-acid-lyases 193 Oxygenases 41 Panicum maximum 45 ..."

2. Treating Infectious Diseases in a Microbial World: Report of Two Workshops by National Research Council (2006)
"A striking example was recently reported in Mycobacterium tuberculosis through the joint disruption of two isocitrate lyases (Muñoz-Elías and McKinney 2005) ..."

3. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Language: English Descriptors: Nicotiana tabacum; Hafnia alvei; Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Genetic transformation; Transgenics; Carboxy-lyases; Genes; ..."

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