BIOLOGY:LIFE ON EARTH-W/ACCESS
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Author: Audesirk
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What is a restriction enzyme? How can restriction enzymes be used to splice a piece of human DNA into a plasmid?
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Ch. 14 - Which of the following is not true of a single...Ch. 14 - Imagine you are looking at a DNA profile that...Ch. 14 - 3. Which of the following is not a commonly used...Ch. 14 - Prob. 4MCCh. 14 - 5. DNA cloning is
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Ch. 14 - Prob. 1RQCh. 14 - 2. What is a plasmid? How are plasmids involved in...Ch. 14 - 3. What is a restriction enzyme? How can...Ch. 14 - 4. Describe the polymerase chain reaction.
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- Cloning Genes Is a Multistep Process In cloning human DNA, why is it necessary to insert the DNA into a vector such as a bacterial plasmid?arrow_forwardUsing nucleotide letters, show the kind of cut that could be made on a DNA molecule to circularize it into a plasmid.What are restriction length polymorphisms, and how are they used?arrow_forwardWhen making recombinant DNA, why must you use the same restriction enzyme to cut the gene of interest and the plasmid?arrow_forward
- What are palindromes, and how are they related to restriction endonucleases? Why are they useful for inserting one piece of DNA into another?arrow_forwardWhat is the job of the restriction enzyme?arrow_forwardWhy do bacteria make restriction endonucleases? What is it about the endonucleases that prevents bacteria from destroying their own DNA?arrow_forward
- In making recombinant DNA, what is the benefit of using a restriction enzyme that cuts DNA in a staggered fashion?arrow_forwardWhat does it mean if a restriction enzyme produces ‘sticky’ or ‘blunt’ ends? Does the restriction enzyme HaeIII produce “sticky” ends or “blunt” ends?arrow_forwardWhy don’t bacteria cut up their own DNA when they produce restriction enzymes?arrow_forward
- What would happen if the restriction enzymes do not cut the DNA at specific recognition sequences?arrow_forwardWhy do restriction endonucleases not hydrolyze DNA from the organism that produces it?arrow_forwardWhich restriction enzyme used in your simulated electrophoresis experiment produced DNA with ‘sticky ends’? Which produced blunt ends? Of these two restriction enzymes, which would you choose to use as donor DNA to graft (or splice) onto a recipient strand of DNA, and why?arrow_forward
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