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Exonuclease Moderate

Exonuclease has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

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

See Also
exonucleolytic dna rna exonucleasic exonucleases enzyme nucleotide polynucleotide
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
nuclease
Rhyming Words
ase base ease rase wase nase sase vase tase case kase lase mase jase mease dbase tease pease ukase dease
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