Definition of Deoxyribonuclease

1. Noun. (context: enzyme genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA. ¹

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Medical Definition of Deoxyribonuclease

1. An endonuclease with preference for DNA. Pancreatic DNAse I yields di and oligo nucleotide 5_ phosphates, pancreatic DNAse II yields 3_ phosphates. In chromatin, the sensitivity of DNA to digestion by DNAse I depends on its state of organisation, transcriptionally active genes being much more sensitive than inactive genes. Acronym: DNAase (10 Nov 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deoxyribonuclease

deoxynucleotidase
deoxynucleotide
deoxynucleotides
deoxynucleotidyl
deoxynucleotidyltransferase
deoxynucleotidyltransferases
deoxyoligonucleotide
deoxyoligonucleotides
deoxypentose
deoxypyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase
deoxyriboaldolase
deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase
deoxyribofuranose
deoxyribomononucleotidase
deoxyribomutase
deoxyribonuclease (current term)
deoxyribonuclease I
deoxyribonuclease II
deoxyribonuclease S1
deoxyribonuclease bamhi
deoxyribonuclease ecori
deoxyribonuclease hindiii
deoxyribonuclease hpaii
deoxyribonucleases
deoxyribonucleic
deoxyribonucleic acid
deoxyribonucleoprotein
deoxyribonucleoproteins
deoxyribonucleoside
deoxyribonucleosides

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