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Nuclease

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units

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unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Nucleases
possessive
Nuclease's
pluralpossessive
Nucleases'