endonuclease /en·do·nu·cle·ase/ (-noo´kle-ās) any nuclease specifically catalyzing the hydrolysis of interior bonds of ribonucleotide or deoxyribonucleotide chains.
endonuclease,
endonuclease
restriction endonuclease an endonuclease that hydrolyzes DNA, cleaving it at an individual site of a specific base pattern.
en·do·nu·cle·ase ( n d -n  kl - s, -z)n. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphodiester bonds between nucleic acids in a DNA molecule or RNA sequence. |
endonuclease,
an enzyme that cleaves or hydrolyzes phosphodiester bonds within a polynucleotide chain. Compare exonuclease.
endonuclease
(en´dōnoo´klēās´),
n an enzyme (nuclease) that cleaves polynucleotides at interior bonds, producing polynucleotide or oligonucleotide fragments.
n an enzyme (nuclease) that cleaves polynucleotides at interior bonds, producing polynucleotide or oligonucleotide fragments.
endonuclease
a nuclease that cleaves internal bonds of polynucleotides.
restriction endonuclease
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