Definition of "ligases" [ligases]

• Plural form of ligase. (noun)

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• "APG had made good progress with a new process of sequencing that used a technique for gluing strands of DNA together rather than synthesizing new strands, using enzymes called ligases, that bond the fragments together."
• "Kotorashvilli A, Russo S, Mulugeta S, Guttentag S, Beers M. Anterograde transport of surfactant protein C proprotein to distal processing compartments requires PPDY mediated association with Nedd4-2 ubiquitin ligases."
• "Speaking of undersampling, it would have been good to look at the breakdown of common substrates of DD-peptidyl ligases and beta lactamases, such as m-[[phenylacetyl-glycyl]oxy]benzoic acid and see what the muations did to these activities."