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endonuclease

endonuclease noun: any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.

Noun

endonuclease (plural endonucleases)

  1. Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.

Forms of endonuclease

pluralendonucleases

Words formed from endonuclease

Questions about endonuclease

What does endonuclease mean?
Endonuclease means any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.
What part of speech is endonuclease?
Endonuclease is a noun.
What is the plural of endonuclease?
The plural of endonuclease is endonucleases.

Words near endonuclease in the dictionary

  1. endonexins
  2. endonormative
  3. endonormatively
  4. endonormativity
  5. endonuclear
  6. endonuclease
  7. endonucleases
  8. endonucleic
  9. endonucleoli
  10. endonucleolus
  11. endonucleolysis

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