restriction endonuclease

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restriction endonuclease - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  restriction endonuclease
      n 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 [syn: restriction endonuclease
           , restriction nuclease, restriction enzyme
           ]