Enzyme
deoxyribonuclease Audio
de·ox·y·ri·bo·nu·cle·ase [ dee-ok-si-rahy-boh-noo-klee-eys, -eyz, -nyoo- ]
Definitions related to deoxyribonucleases:
  • Enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic cleavage of phosphodiester bond linkages in the DNA backbone. Deoxyribonucleases belong to a larger family of nucleases, which cleave DNA bases at various positions in the DNA backbone.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Enzymes which catalyze the hydrolases of ester bonds within DNA. EC 3.1.-.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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