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invertasome en · NOUN

Etymology

From invert + -a- + -some.

Meanings

  1. A nucleoprotein complex that causes inversion of a DNA sequence
    • A single rotation will be favored in the Fis/enhancer-associated invertasome complex in part because the DNA segment between hixL-1 and the enhancer is only 155 bp. 2015 June 8, Yong Chang, Reid C. Johnson, “Controlling tetramer formation, subunit rotation and DNA ligation during Hin-catalyzed DNA inversion”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:

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