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exonuclease

exonuclease noun: any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.

Noun

exonuclease (plural exonucleases)

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

Forms of exonuclease

pluralexonucleases

Words formed from exonuclease

Questions about exonuclease

What does exonuclease mean?
Exonuclease means any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.
What part of speech is exonuclease?
Exonuclease is a noun.
What is the plural of exonuclease?
The plural of exonuclease is exonucleases.

Words near exonuclease in the dictionary

  1. exonormativity
  2. exonorms
  3. exons
  4. exonship
  5. exonships
  6. exonuclease
  7. exonucleases
  8. exonucleasic
  9. exonucleated
  10. exonucleation
  11. exonucleolysis

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