Endonucleases and exonucleases are enzymes that can remove nucleotides from a polynucleotide chain. An endonuclease removes nucleotides ________ while an exonuclease removes nucleotides ________.

A. from the ends of the chain; internally
B. internally; from the ends of the chain
C. from the 3' end of the chain; from the 5' end of the chain
D. from the 5' end of the chain; from the 3' end of the chain


Answer: B

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