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Model for wandering restriction enzymes

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I WISH to propose a model for those DNA restriction enzymes which, although requiring specific recognition sites, make a limited number of cuts at apparently random sites, far from the recognition sites.

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SHULMAN, M. Model for wandering restriction enzymes. Nature 252, 76–78 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/252076a0

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