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oligonucleotidase

oligonucleotidase noun: any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligonucleotide, but especially an exoribonuclease derived from Flammulina velutipes.

Noun

oligonucleotidase (countable and uncountable, plural oligonucleotidases)

  1. Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligonucleotide, but especially an exoribonuclease derived from Flammulina velutipes.

Forms of oligonucleotidase

pluraloligonucleotidases

Origin of oligonucleotidase

From oligonucleotide + -ase.

Questions about oligonucleotidase

What does oligonucleotidase mean?
Oligonucleotidase means any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of an oligonucleotide, but especially an exoribonuclease derived from Flammulina velutipes.
What part of speech is oligonucleotidase?
Oligonucleotidase is a noun.
What is the plural of oligonucleotidase?
The plural of oligonucleotidase is oligonucleotidases.

Words near oligonucleotidase in the dictionary

  1. oligonucleoside
  2. oligonucleosides
  3. oligonucleosomal
  4. oligonucleosome
  5. oligonucleosomes
  6. oligonucleotidase
  7. oligonucleotidases
  8. oligonucleotide
  9. oligonucleotides
  10. oligonucleotidic
  11. oligonutrient

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