endonuclease

Noun
  1. A nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes (synset 114629593)
    is a type of: nuclease - general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units
    subtypes: restriction endonuclease, restriction enzyme, restriction nuclease - any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments; obtained from bacteria (where they cripple viral invaders); used in recombinant DNA technology

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