endonuclease

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Any enzyme which catalyzes the cleavage of nucleic acids so as to produce variously sized fragments
A protein that cleaves the phosphodiester backbone of a nucleic acid enzymatically, for example a restriction enzyme
An enzyme that cleaves the nucleic acid substrate at defined nucleotide sequences at internal DNA sites; makes it possible to isolate desired DNA fragments
Endoenzyme that cleaves phosphodiester bonds within a nucleic acid molecule
An enzyme that breaks the internal phosphodiester bonds in a DNA molecule
An enzyme that cleaves its nucleic acid substrate at internal sites in the nucleotide sequence
An enzyme that breaks nucleic acids at specific interior bonding sites, thus producing nucleic acid fragments of various lengths See also Exonuclease
See: restriction enzyme
a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
Nucleases are enzymes that break down nucleic acids into strands of DNA 'Endo' or inside nucleases act at points along the strand and thus break DNA into short pieces Endonucleases recognise a particular base sequence in DNA and cut the DNA Some endonucleases cut the DNA at a specific point while others randomly split the DNA sequences Specific endonucleases are used by genetic engineers who excise strands of DNA coded for a desirable genetic character Endonucleases are classed as 'Restriction enzymes' since they are employed e g , by bacteria to restrict infection by viruses (bacteriophages) The bacterial restriction enzyme attacks the DNA of the infecting organisms
Enzyme that cleaves bonds between nucleotides of single- or double-stranded DNA or of RNA at specific sequences of nucleotides
A nuclease which cleaves phosphodiester bonds within a nucleic acid strand (16)
restriction endonuclease
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