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प्रश्न
What are plasmids?
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उत्तर
Plasmids are small, circular, double-stranded, self-replicating DNA molecules.
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5’... ATC GTA AAG CTT CAT…3’
3’... TAG CAT TTC GAA GTA…5’
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