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Endonuclease

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n. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of bonds between nucleic acids in the interior of a DNA or RNA molecule.

n. Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.

n. a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes

"Church, “The cleavage site of the restriction endonuclease Ava II,” Nucleic Acids Research 5 1978, 2313–2319."

Words that are more generic or abstract

nuclease

restriction enzyme restriction nuclease restriction endonuclease

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