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How do restriction enzymes cleave DNA?


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Restriction enzymes:

  1. A restriction enzyme is a bacterial protein that cleaves DNA sequences at precise locations, producing DNA fragments with a known sequence at each end.
  2. Recombinant DNA technologies and genetic engineering, for example, need the employment of restriction enzymes.

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