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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
Explain the significance of palindromic nucleotide sequence in the formation of recombinant DNA.
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उत्तर
The palindromic sequences i.e. the sequence of base pairs read the same on both the DNA strands when the orientation of reading is kept the same, eg :
5' —— GAATTC —— 3'
3' —— CTTAAG —— 5'
- Every endonuclease inspects the entire DNA sequence for the palindromic recognition sequence.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name and describe the technique that helps in separating the DNA fragments formed by the use of restriction endonuclease
Do eukaryotic cells have restriction endonucleases? Justify your answer.
Which of the following enzymes catalyse the removal of nucleotides from the ends of DNA?
Which of the given statements is correct in the context of visualizing DNA molecules separated by agarose gel electrophoresis?
Would you choose an exonuclease while producing a recombinant DNA molecule?
Restriction enzymes should not have more than one site of action in the cloning site of a vector. Comment.
Restriction enzymes that are used in the construction of recombinant DNA are endonucleases which cut the DNA at ‘specific-recognition sequence’. What would be the disadvantage if they do not cut the DNA at specific-recognition sequence?
CTTAAG
GAATTC
- What are such sequences called? Name the enzyme used that recognizes such nucleotide sequences.
- What is their significance in biotechnology?
Carefully observe the given picture. A mixture of DNA with fragments ranging from 200 base pairs to 2500 base pairs was electrophoresed on agarose gel with the following arrangement.

(a) What result will be obtained on staining with ethidium bromide? Explain with reason.
(b) The above setup was modified and a band with 250 base pairs was obtained at X.

What change(s) were made to the previous design to obtain a band at X? Why did the band appear at position X?
State the principle involved in separation of DNA fragments using gel electrophoresis.
