restriction enzyme
Noun
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Noun
restriction enzyme (plural restriction enzymes)
- (genetics) An endonuclease that catalyzes double-strand cleavage of DNA containing a specific sequence.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 244:
- We now know of 400 different kinds of restriction enzymes, each of which recognises a different sequence of DNA letters and cuts there, like a pair of scissors that cuts the paper only where it finds the word ‘restriction’.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial 2004, p. 244:
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