An
enzyme that will
methylate (attach a
methyl group (-CH
3 group) to the
nitrogenous base adenine on
DNA molecules) the cutting site (the sequence GAATTC) of the
EcoRI restriction enzyme (an
enzyme which will cleave DNA at specific
nucleotide sequences).
From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.