nuclease
IPA: nukɫiˈeɪz
noun
- (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
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Examples of "nuclease" in Sentences
- Zinc finger nuclease technology.
- Deoxyribonucleases are thus one type of nuclease.
- They endow the chromosome with nuclease sensitivity.
- The beta subunit in addition has a nuclease function.
- Topoisomerases are enzymes with both nuclease and ligase activity.
- It is used in the laboratory as a reagent in nuclease protection assays.
- These hairpins are then opened by the Artemis nuclease and joined by NHEJ.
- P1 nuclease is a nuclease that works on single stranded DNA as well as RNA.
- It is possible that the nuclease activity of telomerase causes the erosion.
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