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gyrase

[ jahy-reys, -reyz ]
/ ˈdʒaɪ reɪs, -reɪz /

noun Biochemistry.

a bacterial enzyme that causes supercoiling of DNA.

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Origin of gyrase

First recorded in 1976; gyr- + -ase

Words nearby gyrase

gypsy scale, gypsy setting, gypsy winch, gyr-, gyral, gyrase, gyrate, gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina, gyration, gyrator, gyratory
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