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Question
Which of the following statements does not hold true for restriction enzyme?
Options
It recognises a palindromic nucleotide sequence
It is an endonuclease
It is isolated from viruses
It can produce the same kind of sticky ends in different DNA molecules
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Solution
It is isolated from viruses
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