Question

The term 'molecular scissors' refers to

• A. Recombinant DNA
• B. Restriction enzymes
• C. Taq polymerase
• D. Palindromic nucleotide sequences

Answer 1

The correct option is B Restriction enzymes

The term "molecular scissor refers to restriction enzyme which is a endonuclease enzymes cleaves the DNA molecule into fragments at specific recognition site within a molecule called restriction site then the foreign DNA has been inserted into chopped DNA and the polymerase is used to attach the plasmid DNA and foreign DNA together to form recombinant DNA.

So, the correct answer is 'Restriction enzymes'.