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Definition of Nuclease
1. Noun. General term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units.
Definition of Nuclease
1. Noun. (enzyme) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nuclease
1. an enzyme [n -S] - See also: enzyme
Medical Definition of Nuclease
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuclease
Literary usage of Nuclease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"OmpA-nuclease and lipo-nuclease contain the ma- lure staphylococcal nuclease
sequence preceded by the Escherichia coli OmpA and ..."
2. Nucleic Acids: Their Chemical Properties and Physiological Conduct by Walter Jones (1914)
"The history of the subject shows how long an obvious error can be defended.
nuclease. It was formerly supposed that nucleic acid is attacked by a ferment ..."
3. Enzymes by Otto Cohnheim (1912)
"Therefore, pancreas and intestine must contain nuclease, and Sachs, Nakayama,
and others have made extracts of the gland and the mucous membrane, ..."
4. Mammalian Embryo Genomics by Oecd, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, OECD Staff (2003)
"38 ^L of nuclease-free water (Ambion Inc.) were added and targets were ...
The samples were then mixed with 60 (iL nuclease-free water and 30 ^L 100 mM ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In case phospho-nuclease acts, we have the formation, in one instance, ...
In case purin-nuclease acts, guanin and adenin are formed, and the nucleosides ..."