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restriction nuclease vs endonuclease

endonuclease vs restriction nuclease

restriction nuclease and endonuclease both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
restriction nuclease Yes No No No
endonuclease Yes No No No
As nouns, endonuclease is a hypernym of restriction nuclease; that is, endonuclease is a word with a broader meaning than restriction nuclease:
  • restriction nuclease: 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
  • endonuclease: a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
restriction nuclease (noun) endonuclease (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 a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes
Difference between restriction nuclease and endonuclease

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