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<p>A <b>transposase</b> is any of a class of <a href="page.php?w=enzyme">enzyme</a>s capable of binding to the end of a <a href="page.php?w=transposon">transposon</a> and catalysing its movement to another part of a <a href="page.php?w=genome">genome</a>, typically by a cut-and-paste mechanism or a replicative mechanism, in a process known as transposition. The word "transposase" was coined by the individuals who cloned the enzyme required for transposition of the <a href="page.php?w=Tn3_Transposon">Tn3 transposon</a>. The existence of transposons</p><p>
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