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restriction enzyme en · NOUN
Meanings
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An endonuclease that catalyzes double-strand cleavage of DNA containing a specific sequence.
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, published 2004, page 244:
Forms
Relateds
modification enzyme
Synonyms
schizomer