nuclease

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

/ ˈnu kliˌeɪs, -ˌeɪz, ˈnyu- /

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noun Biochemistry.

any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.

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Origin of nuclease

1900–05; nucle(ic acid) + -ase

Words nearby nuclease

nuclear transfer, nuclear warhead, nuclear waste, nuclear weapon, nuclear winter, nuclease, nucleate, nucleating agent, nuclei, nucleic acid, nucleic acids

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 Review
Two other technologies—zinc finger nuclease and TALENS—work similarly to CRISPR-Cas9, but do so with far less ease and precision.
Two women just won the Nobel Prize for their work on the gene-editing technique CRISPR|Claire Maldarelli|October 7, 2020|Popular-Science

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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