meganuclease

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What does meganuclease mean?

An endonuclease that binds to a specific long nucleotide sequence when cleaving.

Where does meganuclease come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English nuclease English meganuclease From mega- + nuclease.

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