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Exonuclease At Biology Glossary

What is it? An enzyme that digests a molecule of nucleic acid by removing successive nucleotides from the 5 or 3 end. Exonucleases may be specific for single or double stranded DNA or RNA, and may be specific for either 3 or 5 ends.

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