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What do you know about the word pBR332?

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pBR332 plasmid:
(i) pBR332 plasmid is a reconstructed plasmid and most widely used as cloning vector, it contains 4361 base pairs.
(ii) In pBR, p denotes plasmid B and R respectively the names of scientist B oliver and Rodriguez who developed this plasmid. The number 322 is the number of plasmid developed from their laboratory.
(iii) It contains `"amp"^(R)` and `"amp"^(R)` two different antibiotic resistance genes and recognition sites for several restriction enzymes. (Hind III, EcpRI, BamH I, Sal I, Pvu II, Pst I, Cla I), ori and antibiotic resistance genes.

(iv) Rop codes for the protines involved in the replication of the plasmid.
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