exonuclease
noun
exo·nu·cle·ase
ˌek-sō-ˈnü-klē-ˌās 
-ˈnyü-,
-ˌāz
: 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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Is it digested by exonuclease?
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Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
One of these advantageous proteins is an enzyme called exonuclease (ExoN), which helps the virus proofread and correct copies as they are made.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 June 2020
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, 31 Mar. 2015
Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2010
One of these advantageous proteins is an enzyme called exonuclease (ExoN), which helps the virus proofread and correct copies as they are made.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 23 June 2020
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, 31 Mar. 2015
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exonuclease
noun
exo·nu·cle·ase
ˌek-sō-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ˌās, -ˌāz
: 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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