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    RESTRICTION NUCLEASE

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 technologyplay

    Synonyms:

    restriction endonuclease; restriction enzyme; restriction nuclease

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("restriction nuclease" is a kind of...):

    endonuclease (a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes)

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