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Some Restriction Endonucleases -

Restriction endonuclease Source (organism an strain) Recognition sequence
AvaI* Anabaena variabilis (A TCC 27892) C/Py CG Pu G
G Pu GC Py/C
AluI Arthrobacter luteus AG/CT
TC/GA
BamHI Bacillus amyloliquefaciens H G/G AT CC
C C TA G/G
EcoRI Escherichia coli Ry13 G/AA TT C
C TT AA/G
EcoRII** E. coli R245 /CCA (T) GG
GGT(A)CC/
BglII Bacillus globigli A/G ATCT
TC TAG/A
HindII Haemophilus influenzae Rd GT Py/Pu AC
CA Pu/Py TG
HindIII H. influenzae Rd A/A GC T T
T T CG A/A
HindII H. influenzae PI G/G C C
C C G/G
HpaI H. parainfluenzae GTT/ AAC
CAA/TTG
HpaII H. parainfluenzae C/C GG
GG C/C
HinfI* H. influenzae Rf G/A NT C
C T NA/G
NIaIII Neisseria lactamica CATG/
/GTAC
PstI Providencia stuartii C T GCA/G
G/A CGTC
Sau3A Staphylococcus aureus 3A /GATC
CT AG/
TaqI Thermus aquaticus YTI T/C GA
AG C/T

* Pu, either of the two purines (adenine or guanine)
Py, either of the two pyrimidines (thymine or cytosine)
N, any of the four bases (adenine, guanine, thymine or cytosine)
** The base given within parenthesis, e.g., (T) may occur in place of the preceding base, e.g., A.