Human insulin can be produced by bacteria when the human gene for insulin is inserted into the bacterial plasmid. What is used to cut the gene from the human DNA?

A. scissors

B. restriction enzymes

C. DNA splicers

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Valentina Randall

Biology

24 October, 05:43

Human insulin can be produced by bacteria when the human gene for insulin is inserted into the bacterial plasmid. What is used to cut the gene from the human DNA?

A. scissors

B. restriction enzymes

C. DNA splicers

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Taniyah Navarro · Answer 1

Taniyah Navarro 24 October, 05:47

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Ur answer is B. restriction enzymes

Leonard Riley · Answer 2

B) Restriction Enzymes. Restriction endonucleases are a class of enzyme that cut DNA molecules. Each enzyme recognizes a unique sequence of nucleotides in the DNA strand.

Human insulin can be produced by bacteria when the human gene for insulin is inserted into the bacterial plasmid. What is used to cut the gene from the human DNA?A. scissorsB. restriction enzymesC. DNA splicers

Human insulin can be produced by bacteria when the human gene for insulin is inserted into the bacterial plasmid. What is used to cut the gene from the human DNA?

A. scissors

B. restriction enzymes

C. DNA splicers