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Cleavage vs Deoxyribonuclease - What's the difference?

cleavage | deoxyribonuclease |

As nouns the difference between cleavage and deoxyribonuclease

is that cleavage is the act of cleaving or the state of being cleft while deoxyribonuclease is (enzyme|genetics) any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of dna.

cleavage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
  • (mineralogy) The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
  • (biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
  • The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
  • * 1946 , "Cinema: Cleavage and the Code", Time , 5 Aug 1946:
  • Low-cut Restoration costumes worn by the Misses Lockwood and Roc (see cut) display too much "cleavage " (Johnston Office trade term for the shadowed depression dividing an actress' bosom into two distinct sections).
  • (chemistry) The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
  • (politics) The division of voters into voting blocs.
  • Synonyms

    * (separation between breasts) intermammary sulcus

    See also

    * * spathic *

    deoxyribonuclease

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.
  • Synonyms

    *DNase