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nucleotide | exonucleolytic |

As a noun nucleotide

is .

As an adjective exonucleolytic is

that cleaves nucleic acid by the removal of single nucleotides from the end of the chain.

nucleotide

English

(wikipedia nucleotide)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

    • Derived terms

    * cyclic nucleotide * deoxynucleotide * deoxyribonucleotide * dideoxynucleotide * dinucleotide * internucleotide * mononucleotide * nucleotidyltransferase * oligodeoxynucleotide * oligonucleotide * polynucleotidase * polynucleotide * radionucleotide * ribonucleotide * tetranucleotide * trinucleotide * trinucleotide repeat disorder

    Meronyms

    * nucleobase

    Holonyms

    * codon * DNA * RNA

    See also

    * nucleoside * nucleobase * DNA * RNA

    exonucleolytic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That cleaves nucleic acid by the removal of single nucleotides from the end of the chain

    • Related terms

    * exonuclease