Nuclease
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nuclease-209-1148522
title:
Nuclease
text:
In biochemistry, a nuclease is an enzyme capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds that link nucleotides together to form nucleic acids. Nucleases variously affect single and double stranded breaks in their target molecules. In living organisms, they are essential machinery for many aspects of DNA repair. Defects in certain nucleases can cause genetic instability or immunodeficiency. Nucleases are also extensively used in molecular cloning. There are two primary classifications based on the l
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Class of enzymes which cleave nucleic acids
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclease
date created:
2004-03-01T01:28:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T13:28:38Z
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