In molecular biology, a hydrolytic cleavage of a phosphodiester bond in one strand of a double-stranded polynucleic acid. Cf.:cut.
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nick 'nik n a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond
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(nik) a break in just one strand of a double-stranded nucleic acid.Medical dictionary. 2011.