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What is insertional inactivation?

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Insertional inactivation:
The gene which synthesizes the enzyme gets inactivated when a foreign DNA gets inserted into the gene that is coding for an enzyme.
This process is known as insertional inactivation.
It is a technique used in recombinant DNA technology.

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