Nuclease: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Photos

restriction enzyme; nuclease

See All Images →

Topics

Restriction enzyme endonuclease type III restriction enzyme type I restriction enzyme type IV restriction enzyme type II restriction enzyme Hydrolase Proteolytic enzyme Lipase Lactase Maltase Sucrase Urease Hyaluronidase

Dig Deeper: More Articles That Discuss This Topic

Nucleic acid: Nucleases

Key People

default image

Werner Arber

Swiss microbiologist

default image

Heinz L. Fraenkel-Conrat

American biochemist