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Definition of Exonuclease
1. Noun. A nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid.
Definition of Exonuclease
1. Noun. (context: enzyme genetics) Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exonuclease
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Exonuclease
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Exonuclease
Literary usage of Exonuclease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Designing Nanostructures at the Interface Between Biomedical and Physical by Nas, National Academies (U.S.), Keck Futures Initiative (2005)
"The polymerase and exonuclease reactions are fast, about 10000 bases per minute.
The challenge will be to design a detection system that can operate at the ..."
2. An International Perspective on Advancing Technologies And Strategies for by Bgh (2005)
"Other biological systems currently under study in his laboratory include RNA
polymerase, exonuclease, and helicase, enzymes that move processively along DNA ..."