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restriction endonuclease

noun 24 letters Scrabble 28 WWF 35
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noun

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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