What Molecular Mechanism/feature Does Site-Directed Mutagenesis Exploit to Introduce a Mutation

question 52

Multiple Choice

What molecular mechanism/feature does site-directed mutagenesis exploit to introduce a mutation at a specific site?

• A) flanking complementary bound nucleotides permit non-complementary base pairing
• B) methylated nucleotides disrupt DNA polymeraseʹs proofreading
• C) nucleotide substitution when one is depleted
• D) transposase-induced base pair changes

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