Medical Dictionary

exonucleolytic

adj exo·nu·cleo·lyt·ic \ˌek-sō-ˌn(y)ü-klē-ə-ˈlit-ik\

Medical Definition of EXONUCLEOLYTIC

:  cleaving a nucleotide chain at a point adjacent to one of its ends

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