Recent Examples on the WebAlternatively, a special kind of viral ligase protein — which glues nucleic acids together — may have joined the dissimilar DNA and RNA strands, with the resultant hybrid code then replicated into DNA.—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 23 Apr. 2012 Gottesman worked with Martin Gellert, who had at that point just discovered the enzyme DNA ligase, the central enzyme for DNA replication and repair.—Viviane Callier, Wired, 6 Sep. 2021
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Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary lig- (from Latin ligare) + -ase
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