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WorksheetsEndonucleases, ligases and polymerases
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which type of enzyme act as genetic scissors?
Ligases
Restriction Enzymes
Endonucleases
Polymerases
Which enzyme acts as genetic glue?
Ligases
Restriction enzymes
Endonucleases
Polymerases
Which enzymes act to build polymers from their monomers?
Ligases
Restriction enzymes
Endonucleases
Polymerases
Which suffix is most commonly found on the name of an enzyme?
-ide
-ase
-ose
-itis
An endonuclease has cut a fragment of DNA directly across. Which end is the result?
Sticky-end
Blunt-end
An endonuclease has cut a fragment of DNA in a staggered manner. Which end is the result?
Sticky-end
Blunt-end
Which type of cut DNA is easier to work with?
Sticky-end
Blunt-end
Explain why blunt-end DNA fragments are harder to work with in biotechnology.
Which type of enzyme can build DNA molecules?
RNA Polymerase
DNA Ligase
DNA Endonuclease
DNA Polymerase
Explain how endonucleases and ligases work well together.
