Restriction Enzymes

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The recognition sites for restriction enzymes are:

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Pallindrome

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Restriction Enzymes are isolated from:

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Bacteria

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Restriction Enzymes were primarily used as:

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Defence by Bacteria against bacteriophages viruses

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In order to insert a human gene into plasmid, both must

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be cut by the same restriction enzyme.

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An organism in which foreign genes have been incorporated is called a:

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transgenic organism

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Restriction enzymes are used to ___ DNA.

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cut

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What is this? Options: plasmid, recombinant bacterium, recombinant DNA, sticky ends

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plasmid

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What is one of the goals of the Human Genome Project?

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Determine the nucleotide sequence of the entire human genome.

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Organisms that contain genes from a different organism are called

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Transgenic

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An enzyme that cuts DNA molecules at a specific “recognition site” is called

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Restriction enzyme