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nucleases

nucleases is the plural of nuclease.

Meaning of nuclease

Noun

nuclease (plural nucleases)

  1. Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.

Questions about nucleases

What is nucleases the plural of?
Nucleases is the plural of nuclease.

Words near nucleases in the dictionary

  1. nuclearizes
  2. nuclearizing
  3. nuclearly
  4. nucleary
  5. nuclease
  6. nucleases
  7. nucleasic
  8. nucleate
  9. nucleated
  10. nucleates
  11. nucleating

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