Nucleic Acid Cleavage

Preferred Label : Nucleic Acid Cleavage;

NCIt 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.;

Details

Origin ID

C41591;

UMLS CUI

C1518445;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis [GO term]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- nucleic acid phosphodiester bond hydrolysis [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Genetic Function [UMLS semantic type]
biological_process_is_part_of_process
- Biochemical Process [NCIt concept]

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