AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    Bacteria protect themselves from viruses by fragmenting viral DNA upon entry with

    A)  methylase                         

    B)  endonuclease

    C)  ligases                 

    D)  exonucleases

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                    Endonucleases are enzymes that cleave the phosphodiester bond within a polynucleotide chain. Some, such as deoxyribonuclease-I, cut DNA relatively non-specifically (without regard to sequence), while many, typically called restriction endonuclease or restriction enzyme, cleave only at very specific nucleotide sequences.


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