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Telomerase or exonuclease

2007-03-19 10:51:01 · 2 answers · asked by daoudi2287 1 in Science & Mathematics Biology

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The answerer is telomerase. It adds length to the ends of linear DNA strands (chromosomes) because each time they are replicated a small piece is lost.

Exo-nuclease, exo meaning outside and nuclease meaning that it cuts DNA. you would expect that enzyme to actually nibble up DNA from the edges inward. Basically the inverse of Telomerase.

2007-03-19 10:59:20 · answer #1 · answered by dna man 2 · 0 0

Telomerase
Telomerase is an enzyme that adds specific DNA sequence repeats to the 3' ("three prime") end of DNA strands in the telomere regions, which are found at the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes

2007-03-19 18:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by ANITHA 3 · 0 0

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