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3 unusual facts about Restriction enzyme


DNA methylation

The Restriction enzyme DpnI can recognize 5'-GmeATC-3'sites and digest the methylated DNA.

Recombineering

The biggest advantage of recombineering is that it obviates the need for conveniently positioned restriction sites, whereas in conventional genetic engineering, DNA modification is often compromised by the availability of unique restriction sites.

Restriction enzyme

In the 1960s, it was shown in work done in the laboratories of Werner Arber and Matthew Meselson that the restriction is caused by an enzymatic cleavage of the phage DNA, and the enzyme involved was therefore termed a restriction enzyme.



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