In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
EXONUCLEASE
exonuclease
(noun) a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
exonuclease (plural exonucleases)
(enzyme, genetics) Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.
Source: Wiktionary
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