The First Four Nucleotides of an Eight-Nucleotide Restriction Enzyme Recognition

question 205

Multiple Choice

The first four nucleotides of an eight-nucleotide restriction enzyme recognition sequence are CTGA.What are the next four, if the restriction enzyme recognizes the same sequence motif on both strands? (Note: Only the coding strand is shown.)

• A) CTGA
• B) AGTC
• C) CATG
• D) TCAG
• E) CGAT

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