Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exonuclease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.59 in modern English

Syllables: ex-onu-cle-ase
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.

Inflected Forms

exonucleases (plural)

Derived Forms

exonucleasic riboexonuclease

Questions

What does exonuclease mean?: Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.

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