nuclease
[ noo-klee-eys, -eyz, nyoo- ]
nounBiochemistry.
any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
Origin of nuclease
11900–05; nucle(ic acid) + -ase
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How to use nuclease in a sentence
It will initiate from the thin water layer formed on the surface of the ice nuclease, and the ice will grow rapidly at the expense of the water vapor in the cloud.
Scientists advance cloud-seeding capabilities with nanotechnology | Jenn Webb | March 28, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewTwo other technologies—zinc finger nuclease and TALENS—work similarly to CRISPR-Cas9, but do so with far less ease and precision.
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British Dictionary definitions for nuclease
nuclease
/ (ˈnjuːklɪˌeɪz) /
noun
any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse nucleic acids to simple nucleotides
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