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9.Biotechnology Principals and Process
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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

$5'$_____$CACGTA$_____$3'$

$3'$_____$CTCAGT$_____$5'$

(AIPMT-2010)

Solution

(c) : Palindromic nucleotide sequences in the $DNA$ molecule are groups of bases that form the same sequence when read in both forward and backward direction. In the given question, only option $(c)$ represents a palindromic sequence, that can be easily cut at about the middle by some particular restriction enzyme.

Standard 12
Biology

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