endonuclease vs restriction enzyme
restriction enzyme vs endonucleaseendonuclease and restriction enzyme both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| endonuclease | Yes | No | No | No |
| restriction enzyme | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
restriction enzyme is a hyponym of
endonuclease; that is, restriction enzyme is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
endonuclease:
- endonuclease: a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
- 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
Other hyponyms of endonuclease include
restriction endonuclease, restriction nuclease.
| endonuclease (noun) | restriction enzyme (noun) |
|---|---|
| a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | 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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