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单词 exonuclease
释义

exonuclease

noun

exo·​nu·​cle·​ase ˌek-sō-ˈnü-klē-ˌās How to pronounce exonuclease (audio)
-ˈnyü-,
-ˌāz
: an enzyme that breaks down a nucleic acid by removing nucleotides one by one from the end of a chain compare endonuclease

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web 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

Word History

First Known Use

1963, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

exonuclease

noun

exo·​nu·​cle·​ase ˌek-sō-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ˌās, -ˌāz How to pronounce exonuclease (audio)
: 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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