restriction enzyme

Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA at specific sites to produce discrete fragments, used especially in genetic engineering. Also called restriction endonuclease.

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restriction enzyme

(Biochemistry) any of several enzymes produced by bacteria as a defence against viral infection and commonly used to cut DNA for genetic manipulation or diagnosis

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restric′tion en`zyme

any of a group of enzymes that are capable of cutting DNA at specific sites along its strand.

[1960–65]

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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

restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease

endonuclease - a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes

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Such as, high concordance with epidemiological relatedness, stable and reproducible DNA restriction patterns, and can be applied as a universal generic subtyping method for many different bacteria with only the choice of the restriction enzyme and electrophoresis conditions optimized for each species.

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In the simple forms of genetic engineering referred to above, a major tool is the restriction enzyme. This is a bacterially derived enzyme which recognizes a fixed, usually palindromic, short (~4-8 bp) DNA sequence and provides a pair of cuts in the sugar-phosphate backbone.

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By using restriction enzyme analyses of viral DNA, several studies have reported extensive intratypic genetic variability for HAdV-4 (14-16).

Adenovirus Type 4 Respiratory Infections among Civilian Adults, Northeastern United States, 2011-2015

All target DNA fragments were amplified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and cloned initially into the cloning plasmid pTOPO (TaKaRa, China), verified by sequencing and released by digestion with appropriate restriction enzymes, then subcloned into corresponding restriction enzyme recognition sites of the expression plasmid pcDNA3.1 (Invitrogen, USA).

Evaluation of Immune Responses Induced by GRA7and ROP2 Genes by DNA Vaccine Cocktails Against Acute Toxoplasmosis in BALB/c Mice

Restriction Enzyme Analysis: PCR products were purified and treated with 10 U of Hinf1 enzyme restriction (Thermo Scientific, Germany) and incubated at 37 AdegC for 16 hours.

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Mutations such as single nucleotide polymorphism, multiple nucleotide polymorphism, deletion, duplication and combination often cause the formation or elimination of a restriction enzyme recognition site.

Screening of BCL-2 associated X protein gene polymorphism associated with scrotal hernia in domesticated swine using polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism

A total volume of 10 to 15 uL containing the PCR product was used in restriction enzyme digestion reactions.

Frequency of CYP2D6*10 genotypes in Pakistani breast cancer patients taking adjuvant tamoxifen

The method involved restriction enzyme analysis of nested PCR products obtained with primers encoding for the 65-kDa protein, which was common to all mycobacteria.

Rapid Identification of Mycobacterium Leprae by Polymerase Chain Reaction-restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Heat Shock Protein 65 Gene from Skin Specimens

Methods, primer sequence and restriction enzyme, as well as size of fragments generated by CD14, described in Table1.

Association of CD14 gene polymorphisms with asthma

However, the results did not show a significant relationship between restriction enzyme profiles of IGS region and pathogenic variability of Fusarium wilt isolates.

Intraspecific Variation within Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cumini from Cuminum cyminum in Turkey

Enzyme used for restriction enzyme Hae for this position is able to identify and cut at the (AG / CT) position.

STUDY POLYMORPHISM MYOSTATIN GENE IN MEHRABAN'S SHEEP USING PCR-RFLP METHOD

The research which we are going to present here was primarily inspired by Benenson's idea of implementing simple 2-state and 2-symbol finite automata using the concept of splicing (alternately connecting complementary parts of DNA molecules after cutting them by a specific restriction enzyme) [8, 9].

The laws of natural deduction in inference by DNA computer