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What is a DNA ligase?

What is a DNA ligase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that repair single-stranded discontinuities in double-stranded DNA
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In sequencing by ligation, a DNA ligase enzyme identifies the target sequence. this latter mettod is used in the solid sequencer.
The E.coli bacterium has an enzyme, DNA ligase, which can be used to repair these nicks in the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA chains to form an intact double-strand.
The technique utilizes a thermostable DNA ligase to ligate together perfectly adjacent oligos.
Double-stranded oligos were multimerized using T4 DNA ligase in the presence of XhoI and SalI restriction enzymes to generate tandem arrays.
Restriction and modification enzymes as well as T4 DNA ligase were obtained from the same manufacturer.
This study shows that in a competition between the two enzymes, DNA ligase trumps the flap endonuclease in capturing bubbles and creating expanded tracts.

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