Exonucleolytic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cleaves nucleic acid by the removal of single nucleotides from the end of the chain

Etymology

From exo- + nucleolytic.

Related phrases

nucleic acid

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