restriction_enzyme (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *restriction enzyme*:
NOUN	substance	restriction enzyme, restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease	any of the enzymes that cut nucleic acid at specific restriction sites and produce restriction fragments

English > *restriction enzyme*: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaning	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.
Synonyms	restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease
Broader	endonuclease	A nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
Catalan	enzim de restricció

HyperDic: restriction_enzyme