| NOUN | substance | nuclease | general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units |
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| Meaning | general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units. | |
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| Narrower | endonuclease | A nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes |
| exonuclease | A nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid | |
| Broader | enzyme | Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions |
| Spanish | nucleasa | |
| Catalan | nucleasa | |
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