restriction enzyme

1. 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

   Synonymsrestriction endonucleaserestriction nuclease

   Broaderendonuclease

Questions about restriction enzyme

What does restriction enzyme mean?

restriction enzyme means "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".

What is another word for restriction enzyme?

Close synonyms include restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is restriction enzyme a common word?

restriction enzyme is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.