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restrict |
restricted |
restricting |
restriction |
restriction endonuclease |
restriction enzyme
| restriction fragment
| restriction nuclease
| restriction site
| restrictionary
| restrictive
restriction enzyme
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun restriction enzyme has 1 sense
- restriction enzyme(n = noun.substance) restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease - 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; Array is a kind of endonuclease
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