NEET2008ZoologyBiotechnology - Principles and ProcessesActual
The linking of antibiotic resistance gene with the plasmid vector became possible with
Options
- ADNA ligase
- Bendonucleases
- CDNA polymerase
- Dexonucleases
Correct answer
A. DNA ligase
Step-by-step solution
DNA ligase is used to seal the nicks that remain in recombinant DNA molecule. Infact DNA ligase joins together the neighbouring nucleotides flanking a discontinuity in a DNA strand by forming a phosphodiester bond. A recombinant DNA molecule is a vector into which the desired DNA fragment has been inserted to enable its cloning in an appropriate host. Endonucleases are the enzymes that produce internal cuts called cleavage in DNA molecules. A class of endonucleases cleaves DNA only within or near those sites, which