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Bacterial cells protect their own DNA from degradation by restriction endonucleases by

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Bacterial cells protect their own DNA from degradation by restriction endonucleases by

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  1. kavyashree
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    Bacteria protect their DNA by modifying their own recognition sequences, usually by adding methyl (CH3) molecules to nucleotides in the recognition sequences and then relying on the restriction enzymes’ capacity to recognize and cleave only unmethylated recognition sequences.

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