exonuclease

noun

exo·nu·cle·ase | \ ˌek-sō-ˈnü-klē-ˌās

, -ˈnyü-, -ˌāz\

Definition of exonuclease

: 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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Double stranded DNA fragments with overlapping sequence stretches are inserted into a reaction, and exonuclease enzymes chew back one end of each piece, exposing complementary sequences that link up, joining the two fragments together. — Jeffrey Marlow, WIRED, "Assembling a Genome, Piece by Piece," 31 Mar. 2015

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exonuclease

noun

exo·nu·cle·ase | \ ˌek-sō-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ˌās, -ˌāz

Medical Definition of exonuclease

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

exonuclease

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