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Chromosome vs Recombinase - What's the difference?

chromosome | recombinase |

As nouns the difference between chromosome and recombinase

is that chromosome is (biology|cytology) a structure in the cell nucleus that contains dna, histone protein, and other structural proteins while recombinase is (enzyme) any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of dna fragments between maternal and paternal chromosomes in prokaryotes.

chromosome

English

(wikipedia chromosome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology, cytology) A structure in the cell nucleus that contains DNA, histone protein, and other structural proteins.
    • There have been documented cases of morphologically male transgenders having XX chromosomes .

    Derived terms

    * chromosomal * isochromosome * X chromosome * Y chromosome

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    recombinase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments between maternal and paternal chromosomes in prokaryotes

    • See also

    *integrase *resolvase