restriction enzyme

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 115029638)
    is a type of: endonuclease - a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
    same as: restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease

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