Usually means: Enzyme that cuts specific DNA.
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Definitions from WordNet (restriction nuclease)

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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