RESTRICTION FRAGMENT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does restriction fragment mean? 

• RESTRICTION FRAGMENT (noun)
  The noun RESTRICTION FRAGMENT has 1 sense:

1. the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme

  Familiarity information: RESTRICTION FRAGMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESTRICTION FRAGMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("restriction fragment" is a kind of...):

fragment (a piece broken off or cut off of something else)

 Context examples 

A collection of DNA molecules, derived from restriction fragments that have been cloned in vectors, that includes all or part of the genetic material of an organism.

(Genomic Library, NCI Thesaurus)

In this technique, a restriction fragment containing a specific binding site is labeled at one end and digested with DNAseI.

(DNase-I Footprinting, NCI Thesaurus)