nuclease

See also: nucléase

English

Etymology

From nucleo- +‎ -ase.

Noun

nuclease (plural nucleases)

1. (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.

Derived terms

• benzonuclease
• deoxynuclease
• excinuclease
• meganuclease
• metallonuclease
• micronuclease
• nucleasic
• thermonuclease

Translations

any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 核酸酶 (zh) (hé suān méi)

• Czech: nukleáza f
• French: nucléase (fr) f
• German: Nuklease f
• Hungarian: nukleáz
• Italian: nucleasi (it) f
• Spanish: nucleasa f
• Turkish: nükleaz

Spanish

Verb

nuclease

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of nuclear