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Question
'Restriction' in Restriction enzyme refers to ______.
Options
Cleaving of phosphodiester bond in DNA by the enzyme
Cutting of DNA at specific position only
Prevention of the multiplication of bacteriophage by the host bacteria
All of the above
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Solution
'Restriction' in Restriction enzyme refers to prevention of the multiplication of bacteriophage by the host bacteria.
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