DNase
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DNase (plural DNases)
(biochemistry) Abbreviation of deoxyribonuclease.
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Hershey and Chase showed that the introduction of deoxyribonuclease (referred to as DNase ), an enzyme that breaks down DNA, into a solution containing the labeled bacteriophages did not introduce any 32 P into the solution.
Print. Partial DNAse digestion of chromatin reveals its nucleosome structure.
They concluded that the protein protected the RNA from RNAse, but that once the two were separated and the phage was inactivated, the DNAse could hydrolyze the phage DNA.