What is the function of an exonuclease?

a. to remove nucleotides one at a time from the end of a single-stranded nucleic acid
b. to remove base pairs one at a time from the end of a double-stranded nucleic acid
c. to break individual phosphodiester linkages within single-stranded nucleic acids, generating discrete fragments
d. to break individual phosphodiester linkages within double-stranded nucleic acids, generating discrete fragments
e. to synthesize nucleic acids


Ans: a

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