Medical Definition of Deoxyribonuclease
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An endonuclease with preference for DNA. Pancreatic DNAse I yields di and oligo nucleotide 5_ phosphates, pancreatic DNAse II yields 3_ phosphates. In chromatin, the sensitivity of DNA to digestion by DNAse I depends on its state of organisation, transcriptionally active genes being much more sensitive than inactive genes.
Acronym: DNAase
(10 Nov 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deoxyribonuclease
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