Of These Steps,which One Occurs Earliest in the Process of Producing

question 49

Multiple Choice

Of these steps,which one occurs earliest in the process of producing recombinant DNA?

• A)Human DNA fragments are mixed with the cut plasmids.
• B)The same restriction enzyme is used to isolate the gene of interest and to cut the plasmid DNA.
• C)The recombinant plasmids are mixed with bacteria.
• D)Bacteria carrying recombinant plasmids are cloned.

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