nuclease
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nuclease
1900–05; nucle(ic acid) ( def. ) + -ase
Example Sentences
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"We now want to address this huge, fundamental biological question -- how does complex assembly switch SIR2's activity from a nuclease to an NADase?"
From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023
But soon after fertilization, the nuclease cuts the DNA sequence on the other chromosome from the parent that did not carry the gene at the precise location of the gene drive.
From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2023
It took Dr. Bao’s lab more than two years of development, and then zinc finger nuclease would successfully cut the sickle cell sequence only around 10 percent of the time.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2022
The nuclease produces a double-strand break, which is repaired using the host cell’s machinery.
From Nature • Jun. 11, 2019
Two types of pancreatic nuclease are responsible for their digestion: deoxyribonuclease, which digests DNA, and ribonuclease, which digests RNA.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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