Definition of Nuclease

1. Noun. General term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units.

Specialized synonyms: Endonuclease, Exonuclease
Generic synonyms: Enzyme

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

1. An enzyme capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nuclease

nuclearisation
nuclearisations
nuclearise
nuclearised
nuclearises
nuclearising
nuclearism
nuclearity
nuclearization
nuclearizations
nuclearize
nuclearized
nuclearizes
nuclearizing
nuclearly
nuclease (current term)
nucleases
nucleasic
nucleate
nucleate endonuclease
nucleated
nucleates
nucleating
nucleation
nucleations
nucleator
nucleators
nuclei
nuclei anteriores thalami
nuclei arcuati

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 ..."

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