Exonuclease

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.
  2. 2
    a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid wordnet

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