Microbiology Demystified

(Nandana) #1

  1. The four nucleotides are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and
    thymine (T).
    (a) True
    (b) False

  2. What is another name for a restriction enzyme?
    (a) Vector
    (b) Plasmid
    (c) Restriction endonucleases
    (d) Agarose gel

  3. The Southern blotting technique is used for detecting specific restriction
    fragments.
    (a) True
    (b) False

  4. Scientists synthesize fragments of DNA and RNA using a process known
    as polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
    (a) True
    (b) False


(^138) CHAPTER 8 Recombinant DNA Technology

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