• Question: how do u cut bacteria?

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      Asked by Ghbarreiros to Daniela ? on 23 Jun 2016.
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        Daniela Lobo answered on 23 Jun 2016:

        Olá 🙂

        Well, you use these special kind of enzymes, called “restriction site enzymes” – these enzymes recognise only certain short, specific sequences in the DNA, cutting only there. This way, I can pick exactly where to cut the DNA and be sure it cuts nowhere else.

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