exonuclease

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Definition of exonuclease in English English dictionary

Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain

An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide chains at their terminal bonds only

Enzyme that cleaves nucleotides sequentially from free ends of a linear nucleic acid substrate

A nuclease that sequentially removes nucleotides from one end of a strand of nucleic acid (16)

An enzyme that cleaves nucleotides sequentially from free ends of a linear nucleic acid substrate

An enzyme that breaks down nucleic acids only at the ends of polynucleotide chains, thus releasing one nucleotide at a time, in sequential order Cf Endonuclease

a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid