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GC: n S: AR – https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.genet.37.110801.143820 (last access: 11 November 2020); T. Gilat – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016508572800805 (last access: 11 November 2020). N: 1. It is formed by the latin prefix lacto- which means “milk” and -ase used to form the names of enzimes. 2. Enzyme found in the small intestine of mammals that
GC: n S: http://realestate.findlaw.com/landlord-tenant-law.html (last access: 10 November 2017); https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/landlord-tenant_law (last access: 10 November 2017). N: 1. early 15c. (late 13c. as a surname), “owner of a tenement, one who rents land or property to a tenant,” from land (n.) + lord (n.). 2. Two definitions: the owner of property
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