"exonuclease" meaning in All languages combined

See exonuclease on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: exonucleases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} exonuclease (plural exonucleases)
  1. (biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain. Wikipedia link: exonuclease Categories (topical): Enzymes, Genetics Derived forms: exonucleasic, riboexonuclease

Inflected forms

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