Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: endonuclease: a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes → 1
Candidate hypernym: intactness: the state of being unimpaired → 0
Candidate hypernym: african lily: African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: seer: an observer who perceives visually → 0
Candidate hypernym: poisoning: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill → 0
Candidate hypernym: dump: a piece of land where waste materials are dumped → 0
Candidate hypernym: clinton administration: the executive under President Clinton → 0
Candidate hypernym: viminaria: one species: Australian leafless shrubs: swamp oak → 0
Candidate hypernym: probability: the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event → 0
Candidate hypernym: guesstimate: an estimate that combines reasoning with guessing → 0
Candidate hypernym: ministrant: someone who serves as a minister → 0