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'Restriction' in Restriction enzyme refers to:

•Restriction enzymes are known to cut nucleotide bases, also called molecular scissors.


•Divided into two types:


a) Endonuclease: these are known to bind with specific sequence present within the DNA, then cut the pallindromic sites.


b) Exonuclease: these enzymes are to remove nucleotides from the ends of DNA.

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