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Question
What does H in’ ‘d’ and ‘III’ refer to in the enzyme Hind III?
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Solution
H’ from name of genus Haemophilus, ‘d’ from name of strain Rd. TIT indicates the order in which the enzyme was isolated from the Rd strain of bacteria.
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