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Nuclease Moderate

Nuclease has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.

See Also
nucleasic nucleases thermonuclease excinuclease phosphodiester micronuclease nucleotide deoxynuclease
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
enzyme
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
endonuclease exonuclease
Rhyming Words
ase base ease rase wase nase sase vase tase case kase lase mase jase mease dbase tease pease ukase dease
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