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nuclease (enc)

Nuclease

Noun1.nuclease - general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units
endonuclease - a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
exonuclease - a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
enzyme - any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions

 

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