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What is a nuclease?

What is a nuclease? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes capable of cleaving the phosphodiester bonds between the nucleotide subunits of nucleic acids.
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When both sets of fingers are bound, the cleavage domain can dimerize to form an active nuclease and cleave the DNA at the sites indicated by carats.
In this technology, novel carrier proteins were engineered as a series of protein fragments derived from Staphylococcus nuclease.
Enzymological studies show that binding greatly stimulates its nuclease activity.
Intact nucleosomal structure was verified by micrococcal nuclease digestion.
Use of lanthanum or scandium ion to amplify nucleic acid polymerase activity and optionally also to inhibit nuclease activity.
The spt6-140 mutation alters transcription and chromatin in our inverted repeats, as determined by Northern and micrococcal nuclease sensitivity analyses, respectively.

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