"Micrococcal Nuclease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the endonucleolytic cleavage to 3'-phosphomononucleotide and 3'-phospholigonucleotide end-products. It can cause hydrolysis of double- or single-stranded DNA or RNA. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 3.1.31.1.
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D008836
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.352.335.350.500 D08.811.277.352.355.325.500 D08.811.277.352.355.350.500 D08.811.277.352.700.350.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Micrococcal Nuclease- Micrococcal Nuclease
- Nuclease, Micrococcal
- TNase
- Thermostable Nuclease
- Nuclease, Thermostable
- Staphylococcal Nuclease
- Nuclease, Staphylococcal
- Thermonuclease
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Villeponteau B, Lundell M, Martinson H. Torsional stress promotes the DNAase I sensitivity of active genes. Cell. 1984 Dec; 39(3 Pt 2):469-78.