GO:0009307 |
Definition
| The cleavage of DNA by restriction nucleases, which cut the DNA double helix at specific sites defined by the local nucleotide sequence. |
| | The processes that protect an organism from invading foreign DNA by methylation of self DNA at specific sequences and nucleolytic cleavage of unmethylated foreign DNA. |
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Term
| DNA restriction |
| | DNA restriction-modification system |
| Type | Biological_process |
| Parent | Instance_of | GO:0006304
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Attributes_of
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Motif (6)
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Index
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Ancestor (36)
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Descendent
| GO:0006323
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| | | | GO:0009307
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| | | | GO:0030258
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