NEET Biology question

Restriction enzyme EcoRI cuts the DNA between bases G and A only when the sequence is **[NEET 2002]**

(A)GATATC
(B)GAATTCCorrect
(C)GATTCC
(D)GAACTT

Answer: (B)

Solution

EcoRI's specific recognition (palindromic) sequence is 5'-GAATTC-3', and it cleaves each strand between the G and the adjacent A at the start of this sequence

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