Q. The characteristics of a molecular probe are I. very long molecule II. double-stranded III. DNA or RNA IV. complementary to a part of desired gene The correct pair is
A) I and II
B) II and III
C) III and IV
D) IV and I
Explanation
A probe is radioactively labelled ($P^{32}$) nucleic acid (20-40 nucleotide long) with a short sequence complementary to at least one part of the desired DNA gene
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