EXONUCLEASE


Meaning of EXONUCLEASE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌek-sō-ˈnü-klē-ˌās, -ˈnyü-, -ˌāz ]

noun

Date: 1963

: an enzyme that breaks down a nucleic acid by removing nucleotides one by one from the end of a chain — compare endonuclease

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