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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.
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