RESTRICTION ENZYME
Dictionary entry overview: What does restriction enzyme mean? • RESTRICTION ENZYME (noun)
The noun RESTRICTION ENZYME has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: RESTRICTION ENZYME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• RESTRICTION ENZYME (noun)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
restriction endonuclease; restriction enzyme; restriction nuclease
Hypernyms ("restriction enzyme" 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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