Definition of "transposase" []

• An enzyme required for the transposition of transposons. (noun)

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• "The new method used an enzyme called transposase to remove the cassette from the mouse cells."
• "I think it is significant that the line of thought is that it arrived via horizontal gene transfer, that Rag1 arrived via horizontal gene transfer, and RAG2 emerged after recruitment of the Transib transposase as a protein that was not encoded by the ancestral Transib (AFAIK)."
• "Not to mention that, if the hypothesis is correct, it is most likely that RAG2 has emerged later after recruitment of the Transib transposase as a protein that was not encoded by the ancestral Transib."