recombinase

recombinase
re·com·bi·nase (rē-kŏmʹbə-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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