The cutting of DNA at specific locations became possible with the discovery of?

1. Restriction enzymes

2. Probes

3. Selectable markets

4. ligases

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: II | Tools |
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Which of the following is a restriction endonuclease?
1. Protease
2. DNase I
3. RNase
4. Hind II
Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: II | Tools |
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Given below is a sample of a portion of DNA strand giving the base sequence on the opposite strands. What is so, special shown in it? 
5’___GAATTC___3’ 
3’___CTTAAG__5’

1.  Deletion mutation

2.  Start codon at the 5' end

3.  Palindromic sequence of base pairs

4.  Replication completed

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: II | Restriction Enzymes - Main Enzymes | Tools |
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Match the following enzymes with their functions:
 

Column-I

Column-II

(a)

Restriction

endonuclease

(i)

joins the DNA fragments

(b)

Exonuclease

(ii)

extends primers on genomic DNA template

(c)

DNA ligase

(iii)

cuts DNA at a specific position

(d)

Tag polymerase

(iv)

removes nucleotides from the ends of DNA


Select the correct option from the following:

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
2. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
3. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
4. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools: Enzymes: II | Tools |
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An enzyme catalysing the removal of nucleotides from ends of DNA is:
1. DNA ligase
2. Endonuclease
3. Exonuclease
4. Protease

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools |
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The linking of the antibiotic resistance gene with the plasmid vector became possible with:

1. DNA ligase

2. endonucleases

3. DNA polymerase

4. exonucleases

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: II | Restriction Enzymes - Main Enzymes | Separation and Isolation of DNA fragments | Tools |
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The specific palindromic sequence which is recognized by EcoRI is:

1. 5' -GGAACC-3'
3'-CCTTGG-5'
2. 5'-CTTAAG-3'
3'-GAATTC-5'
3. 5'-GGATCC-3'
3'-CCTAGG-5'
4. 5'-GAATTC-3'
3'-CTTAAG-5'
Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Restriction Enzymes - Main Enzymes | Tools |
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A foreign DNA and plasmid cut by the same restriction endonuclease can be joined to form a recombinant plasmid using?

1. Eco Rl

2. taq polymerase

3. polymerase lll

4. ligase

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools |
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The DNA molecule to which the gene of interest is integrated for cloning is called:

1. Transformer 2. Vector
3. Template 4. Carrier 
Subtopic:  Tools: Vectors: I | Tools |
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Identify the properties of a good vector used in rDNA technology:

(a) It should have origin of replication supporting a high copy number 
(b) It should have preferably more than '2' recognition sites
(c) The restriction sites in vector should be in the antibiotic- resistant genes 
(d) It should have suitable marker genes 
(e) It should be easy to isolate and purify 


Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below: 

1. (a), (c) and (e) only  2. (c), (d) and (e) only 
3. (a), (b) and (c) only  4. (a), (c), (d) and (e) only 
Subtopic:  Cloning Vector | Tools |
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