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Preferred Name

Nucleic Acid Cleavage
Synonyms

Nucleic Acid Cleavage

Definitions

Nucleic Acid Cleavage is any process that hydrolytically cleaves either the glycosidic bond or the sugar-phospate ester bond of a oligoribonucleotide or deoxyoligoribonucleotide polymer. This process can occur with or without the involvement of an enzyme. This term does not apply to the disruption of hydrogen bonds that stabilize DNA and RNA molecules.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41591

code

C41591

DEFINITION

Nucleic Acid Cleavage is any process that hydrolytically cleaves either the glycosidic bond or the sugar-phospate ester bond of a oligoribonucleotide or deoxyoligoribonucleotide polymer. This process can occur with or without the involvement of an enzyme. This term does not apply to the disruption of hydrogen bonds that stabilize DNA and RNA molecules.

FULL_SYN

Nucleic Acid Cleavage

label

Nucleic Acid Cleavage

Legacy Concept Name

Nucleic_Acid_Cleavage

Preferred_Name

Nucleic Acid Cleavage

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C41591

Semantic_Type

Phenomenon or Process

UMLS_CUI

C1518445

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C19899

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