exonuclease (Crossword)

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• Enzymatic activity that removes RNA primers in DNA introduced by primase
• An enzyme that breaks down nucleic acids only at the ends of polynucleotide chains
• A nuclease that sequentially removes nucleotides from one end of a strand of nucleic acid
• An enzyme that cleaves nucleotides sequentially from free ends of a linear nucleic acid substrate
• An enzyme that cleaves nucleotides sequentiallyfrom the free ends of a linear nucleic acid substrate
• A nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
• Exonucleases are enzymes that work by cleaving nucleotides one at a time from the end (exo) of a polynucleotide chain
• Exonuclease: An enzyme that cleaves nucleotide bases sequentially from the free ends of a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
• Nucleases that attack the nucleic acid strand starting from the ends and thus gradually shortening it are termed 'exo' or outside nucleases