Restriction enzymes in bacterial cytoplasm cut injected bacteriophage DNA wherever certain sequences occur.  A bacteria’s chromosome also contains these sequences, and, being suspended in cytoplasm, it is also exposed to the enzymes. Why do you think the enzymes do not cut the chromosome?

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Restriction enzymes in bacterial cytoplasm cut injected bacteriophage DNA wherever certain sequences occur.  A bacteria’s chromosome also contains these sequences, and, being suspended in cytoplasm, it is also exposed to
the enzymes. Why do you think the enzymes do not cut the chromosome?

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