Question

The molecular knives of DNA are ______
a. ligases
b. polymerases
c. endonucleases
d. transcriptases.

Answer 1

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The molecular knives of DNA are Ligases. .

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Answer 2

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◆ Answer - (c) endonucleases
The molecular knives of DNA are *endonucleases*.

# Restriction endonuclease -
- Restriction endonuclease is an enzyme that cleaves DNA into fragments at specific recognition sites within the molecule.
- aka molecular scissors.
- Target sites of restriction endonuclease are known as restriction sites.
- There are 3 types of restriction endonuclease enzymes - type I, type II & type III.
- These helps bacteria to resist viral attacks.



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