See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
deoxyribonuclease II(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease S1(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease I(medicine)
acid deoxyribonuclease(medicine)
pancreatic deoxyribonuclease(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease hindiii(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease bamhi(medicine)
deoxyribonuclease ecori(medicine)

deoxyribonuclease (medicine)


deoxyribonuclease
<enzyme> An endonuclease with preference for DNA. Pancreatic DNAse I yields di and oligo nucleotide 5_ phosphates, pancreatic DNAse II yields 3_ phosphates. In chromatin, the sensitivity of DNA to digestion by DNAse I depends on its state of organisation, transcriptionally active genes being much more sensitive than inactive genes.

Acronym: DNAase