nuclease

Definition of Nuclease in English :

1. nuclease

general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nuclease

noun

any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse nucleic acids to simple nucleotides

noun

any of various enzymes that speed up the hydrolysis of nucleic acids

Any of several enzymes, including the endonucleases and the exonucleases, that hydrolyze bonds between nucleotides in nucleic acids.

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