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Q. State the principle underlying the gel electrophoresis and mention two appkications of this technique in biotechnology.

Q. State the principle underlying the gel electrophoresis and mention two appkications of this technique in biotechnology.

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Gaurav
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8 years ago
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The cutting of DNA by restriction endonuclease results in the fragments ofDNA. There Fragments can be separated by a technique known as gel electrophoresis.

Applications:
The most commonly used matrix ix agarose which is a natural polymer extraced from sea weeds.
The DNA fragments purified in this way are used in construction recombinant DNA by joining them with clonning vectors.

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