Associations to the word «Endonuclease»

Wiktionary

ENDONUCLEASE, noun. (enzyme) Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments.

Dictionary definition

ENDONUCLEASE, noun. A nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats