"DNA Restriction Enzymes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Enzymes that are part of the restriction-modification systems. They catalyze the endonucleolytic cleavage of DNA sequences which lack the species-specific methylation pattern in the host cell's DNA. Cleavage yields random or specific double-stranded fragments with terminal 5'-phosphates. The function of restriction enzymes is to destroy any foreign DNA that invades the host cell. Most have been studied in bacterial systems, but a few have been found in eukaryotic organisms. They are also used as tools for the systematic dissection and mapping of chromosomes, in the determination of base sequences of DNAs, and have made it possible to splice and recombine genes from one organism into the genome of another. EC 3.21.1.
| Descriptor ID |
D004262
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.150.280 D08.811.277.352.335.350.300 D08.811.277.352.355.325.300
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Restriction Enzymes- DNA Restriction Enzymes
- Enzymes, DNA Restriction
- Restriction Enzymes, DNA
- Restriction Endonucleases
- Endonucleases, Restriction
- Restriction Endonuclease
- Endonuclease, Restriction
- DNA Restriction Enzyme
- Restriction Enzyme, DNA
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Chromatin structure at the replication origins and transcription-initiation regions of the ribosomal RNA genes of Tetrahymena. Cell. 1984 Apr; 36(4):933-42.
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Transcribed and non-transcribed regions of Tetrahymena ribosomal gene chromatin have different accessibilities to micrococcal nuclease. Nucleic Acids Res. 1983 Apr 11; 11(7):2077-91.