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Q. Exonucleases, a type of nucleases that degrade nucleic acids, remove nucleotides from

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Biotechnology : Principles and Processes

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Restriction enzymes belong to a larger class of enzymes called nucleases. They are of two types: exonucleases and endonucleases. Exonucleases remove nucleotides from the ends of the DNA, whereas endonucleases make cuts at specific positions within the DNA.