restriction endonuclease
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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 (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | endonuclease, |
| definition | : | a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes (noun.substance) |
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