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Biotechnology: Principles and Processes — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology: Principles and Processes2 Marks
Question
Explain with the help of a suitable example the naming of a restriction endonuclease.
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Answer

EcoRI.
Eco stands for the genus and species of the prokaryotic cell from which the enzyme was isolated, i.e. E.coli.
R stands for strain.
‘I’ follows order in which enzyme was isolated.

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