Q. The sticky ends are held together by which type of bonds?

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Q. Why sticky ended ligations are carried out at temperatures lower than room temperature?

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Q. Ligation reaction can be both intramolecular and intermolecular in nature.

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Q. If a ligation reaction is being carried out and recircularization is observed, which type of reaction is being carried out?

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Q. What is the kinetics of the intramolecular and intermolecular ligation reactions?

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Q. What are the effects of increasing concentration of reaction components?

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Q. Enzyme commonly used for carrying out ligation reaction is ____________

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Q. Which of the following statements is correct with respect to T4 DNA ligase?

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Q. If blunt ended ligations are to be carried out. Which of the following enzymes can be used?

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Q. E. coli DNA ligase doesn’t require a cofactor.

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Q. Mechanism of ligation for both T4 DNA ligase and E. coli DNA ligase makes use of Adenosine Monophosphate (AMP). Which of the steps is involved in the ligation mechanism?

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Q. Topoisomerase is also an enzyme which is used for carrying out ligation. The correct statement for topoisomerase is?

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Q. Mobile genetic elements can be transferred from one DNA portion to another. The enzyme carrying out this is ____________

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Q. Phage based recombination systems are used for ____________

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Q. Bacteriophage lambda is having a phage recombination system. Following are the characteristics of this system ____________

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Q. Ligation enzymes are used for ligating newly synthesized okazaki fragments. What holds true for okazaki fragments?

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Q. Introduction of DNA molecules into the recipient organism is termed as ____________

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Q. Many bacterial species are having a natural ability to take up the exogenous DNA material. Which of the statement is not correct in regard to it?

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Q. Which of the statements hold true for conjugation?

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Q. F plasmid is often used in conjugation. The correct statement is?

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