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ZoologyBiotechnology - Principles and ProcessesTools of Recombinant DNA TechnologyEasy2 minPYQ_2020
ZoologyEasysingle choice
In the year 1963, the two enzymes responsible for restricting the growth of bacteriophage inEscherichia coliwere isolated. They were respectively
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In the- late 1960's, scientists Stewart Linn and Werner Arber isolated samples of the two types of enzymes responsible for phage growth restriction inEscherichia coli(E coli) bacteria. One of these enzymes methylated DNA, while the other cleaved unmethylated DNA at a wide variety of locations along the length of the molecule. The first type of enzyme was called a "methylase" while the other was called a "restriction nuclease."
Stream:NTA_ABHYAS_NEETSubject:ZoologyTopic:Biotechnology - Principles and ProcessesSubtopic:Tools of Recombinant DNA Technology
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