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recombinase

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re·com·bi·nase   (rē-kŏm'bə-nās', -nāz')   
n.  An enzyme that catalyzes the exchange of short pieces of DNA between two long DNA strands, particularly the exchange of homologous regions between the paired maternal and paternal chromosomes.
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recombinase re·com·bi·nase (rē-kŏm'bə-nās', -nāz')
n.
An enzyme that catalyzes genetic recombination.

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