Catalysis of the hydrolysis of ester linkages within nucleic acids. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198547684 ]
Term information
goslim_chembl, goslim_drosophila, goslim_plant, goslim_yeast
Note that 'tRNA nucleotidyltransferase activity ; GO:0009022', also known as 'ribonuclease PH', and 'DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase activity ; GO:0003906' do not have parentage in the 'nuclease activity' branch of the ontology because both GO and the Enzyme Commission define nuclease activity as a type of hydrolysis.