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Question
Answer the following question.
Explain the significance of palindromic nucleotide sequence in the formation of recombinant DNA.
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Solution
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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