| OBO ID: GO:0009307 |
| Term Name: | DNA restriction-modification system | Search Ontology: | |
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| Definition: | A defense process found in many bacteria and archaea that protects the organism from invading foreign DNA by cleaving it with a restriction endonuclease. The organism's own DNA is protected by methylation of a specific nucleotide, which occurs immediately following replication, in the same target site as the restriction enzyme. KW-0680 | ||
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| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO |
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