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An enzyme catalysing the removal of nudeotides from the ends of DNA is :
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Restriction enzymes belong to a larger class of enzymes called nucleases. Nucleases are of two different kinds:
(1) Exonucleases which remove nucleotides from the end of a DNA molecule.
(2) Endonucleases. which break internal phosphodiester bonds at palindromic sites that are highly specific.
(3) DNA ligase helps in ligating/joining DNA fragments.
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