noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.
2. 2
   a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes wordnet

Related phrases

nucleic acid

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