Definition of Ligate

Li´gate   Pronunciation: lī´gāt
v. t.1.To tie with a ligature; to bind around; to bandage.
2.(Molecular biology) To concatenate two strands of (nucleic acid, usually DNA), in an end-to-end fashion, using a ligase.


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