Also known as: EXO-
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An enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester linkage at one or the other end of a polynucleotide chain so as to release single or small nucleotide residues. An enzyme that digests nucleic acids from the ends of the molecule, rather than at an internal site; exonucleases can be specific for digestion from the 3C or 5C ends of the nucleic acid.
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