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The chemical knives of DNA are Or ...

The chemical knives of DNA are
Or Enzyme that cleaves nucleic acids within the polynucleootide chain is known as

A

Ligases

B

Polymerases

C

Endonuceases

D

Transcriptases

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c) Endonucleases enzymes cut DNA at specific desired place so it is called chemical knives of DNA.
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