English Explanatory Dictionary

nuclease

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

nuclease nucleases

Etymology

From nucleo- + -ase.

Derived words

benzonuclease deoxynuclease excinuclease meganuclease metallonuclease micronuclease nucleasic thermonuclease
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