endonuclease

[ en-doh-noo-klee-eys, -eyz, -nyoo- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any of a group of enzymes that degrade DNA or RNA molecules by breaking linkages within the polynucleotide chains.

Origin of endonuclease

1
First recorded in 1960–65; endo- + nuclease

Words Nearby endonuclease

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British Dictionary definitions for endonuclease

endonuclease

/ (ˌɛndəʊˈnjuːklɪˌeɪz) /


noun
  1. an enzyme that is responsible for scission of a nucleic acid chain, the action of which is not confined to the terminal nucleotide: Compare exonuclease

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