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Exonuclease
see synonyms of exonucleaseNoun
1. exonuclease
a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
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Exonuclease
see synonyms of exonucleasenoun
an enzyme that is capable of detaching the terminal nucleotide from a nucleic acid chain
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Exonuclease
see synonyms of exonucleasen.
Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of single nucleotides from the end of a DNA or RNA chain.
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