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restriction endonuclease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
re-stric-tion en-donu-cle-ase
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Synonyms

restriction nuclease restriction enzyme

Questions

What does restriction endonuclease mean?
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

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