restriction enzyme
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An endonuclease that catalyzes double-strand cleavage of DNA containing a specific sequence.
Example Sentences
- "We now know of 400 different kinds of restriction enzymes, each of which recognises a different sequence of DNA letters and cuts there, like a pair of scissors that cuts the paper only where it finds the word ‘restriction’."