Biologists Engaged in Recombinant DNA Technology Often Will Cut the Vector

question 144

Multiple Choice

Biologists engaged in recombinant DNA technology often will cut the vector with two different restriction enzymes that have nearby restriction sites.This is done to

• A) increase the size of the vector.
• B) increase the probability that the vector will recircularize without the transgene.
• C) decrease the probability that the vector will recircularize without the transgene.
• D) activate the transgene.
• E) inactivate the transgene.

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