Noun: restriction enzyme
- 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
"The geneticist used restriction enzymes to cut the DNA at specific sequences";
- restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease
Derived forms: restriction enzymes
Type of: endonuclease
Encyclopedia: Restriction enzyme, endonuclease