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cleavase

cleavase noun: a form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA.

Noun

cleavase (plural cleavases)

  1. A form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA

Forms of cleavase

pluralcleavases

Questions about cleavase

What does cleavase mean?
Cleavase means a form of endonuclease that cleaves at the junctions between single- and double-stranded DNA.
What part of speech is cleavase?
Cleavase is a noun.
What is the plural of cleavase?
The plural of cleavase is cleavases.

Words near cleavase in the dictionary

  1. cleavage furrow
  2. cleavage furrows
  3. cleavage tape
  4. cleavaged
  5. cleavages
  6. cleavase
  7. cleavases
  8. cleave
  9. cleave gag
  10. cleave gags
  11. cleaved

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