Rest


1. Repose. Relaxation.
2. A fragment of embryonic tissue that has been retained after the period of embryonic development. Also called an embryonic rest.

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    Renarrowing, as in restenosis of a coronary artery after angioplasty. From the Greek “stenos” meaning narrow.

  • Resting phase

    More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be distinguished, interphase was once thought to be the resting phase but it is far from a time of rest for the cell. It is the time when DNA is replicated in the cell nucleus.

  • Restitution

    In cytogenetics, the spontaneous rejoining of broken chromosomes to reconstitute the original chromosome configuration.

  • Restriction endonuclease

    An enzyme from bacteria that can recognize specific base sequences in DNA and cut (restrict) the DNA at that site (the restriction site). Also called a restriction enzyme.

  • Restriction enzyme

    An enzyme from bacteria that can recognize specific base sequences in DNA and cut the DNA at that site (the restriction site). A restriction enzyme acts as a biochemical scissors. Also called a restriction endonuclease. A restriction enzyme is a protein produced by bacteria that cleaves DNA at specific sites. Bacteria use restriction enzymes to […]


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