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EcoRI (pronounced eco R one) is an endonuclease enzyme isolated from strains of E. coli and is part of the restriction modification system.In molecular biology it is used as a restriction enzyme. It creates sticky ends with 5′ end overhangs. The nucleic acid sequence where the enzyme cuts is GAATTC which as the complementary sequence is CTTAAG has rotational symmetry.
