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nickase

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nick-ase
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any enzyme that causes nicks (breaks in one strand) of nucleic acid, allowing it to unwind

Etymology

Etymology tree English nick Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English nickase From nick + -ase.

Inflected Forms

nickases (plural)

Questions

What does nickase mean?
Any enzyme that causes nicks (breaks in one strand) of nucleic acid, allowing it to unwind
Where does nickase come from?
Etymology tree English nick Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English nickase From nick + -ase.

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