| exonuclease | <enzyme, molecular biology> An enzyme that cleaves nucleotides sequentiallyfrom the free ends of a linear nucleic acid substrate. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| exonuclease III | An exonuclease enzyme which removes nucleotides one at a time from the 5'-end of duplex DNA which does not have a phosphorylated 3'-end. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exonuclease lambda | An exonuclease enzyme that removes nucleotides from the 5' end of duplex DNA which have 5'-phosphate groups attached to them. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exonuclease vii | An exonuclease enzyme which makes oligonucleotides by cleaving chunks of nucleotides off of both ends of single-stranded DNA. (09 Oct 1997) |
| exonucleases | <enzyme> Any of the enzymes of the hydrolase class that catalyze the hydrolysis of terminal bonds of deoxyribonucleotide or ribonucleotide chains, releasing mononucleotides. Registry number: EC 3.1.- (12 Dec 1998) |
| T5 D15 exonuclease | <enzyme> Highly efficient 5'-3'-exonuclease which possesses additionally a tightly associated single-strand-specific endonuclease activity; used for the destruction of the partially polymerised species and ssdna present in a typical polymerization reaction Registry number: EC 3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
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| EXO1 exonuclease | <enzyme> Double-stranded 5'-3' exonuclease that interacts with msh2 protein; isolated from saccharomyces cerevisiae; partial do not confuse with 14-3-3 protein Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: exo1 gene product (exonuclease) (26 Jun 1999) |