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EXONUCLEASE

Dictionary entry overview: What does exonuclease mean?

• EXONUCLEASE (noun)
The noun EXONUCLEASE has 1 sense:

1. a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid

Familiarity information: EXONUCLEASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• EXONUCLEASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("exonuclease" is a kind of...):

nuclease (general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units)

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