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Which one of the following palindromic base sequences in $DNA$ can be easily cut at about the middle by some particular restriction enzyme?
A
$5'.............CGTTCG.............3'$
$3'.............ATGGTA.............5'$
B
$5'.............GATATG.............3'$
$3'.............CTACTA.............5'$
C
$5'.............GAATTC.............3'$
$3'.............CTTAAG.............5'$
D
$5'.............CACGTA.............3'$
$3'.............CTCAGT.............5$
(AIIMS-2016)
Solution
Palindromic sequences in $DNA$ molecule are group of bases that forms the same sequence when read in both forward and backward direction. In the given question, only option $(c)$ represent a palindromic sequence.
Standard 12
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