n. Any of a group of enzymes which catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid.
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n. a transferase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ribonucleic acid
Word Usage
"I joined a project on the protein ribonuclease, but shortly afterwards met Rosalind Franklin, who had moved to Birkbeck earlier and had begun working on tobacco mosaic virus."