Human Physiology : What Are Restriction Enzymes?

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Uploaded by on Nov 11, 2008

Restriction enzymes have the job of cutting DNA into little pieces of different sizes. Discover how restriction enzymes are an important part of DNA fingerprinting with information from a science teacher in this free video on physiology and the human body.

Expert: Janice Creneti
Bio: Janice Creneti has a BS in secondary science education and a BA in biology from Boston University.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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  • I think just about everyone here is here because there biology teachers don't teach them! haha

  • thank you! my bio teacher doesn't teach..

  • restriction enzymes are not in our body.

  • @sarshoy we have dnase enzyme that does cutting but unlike restriction enzyme they do not cut at specific sequences.

  • Thank you :)

  • it's pronounced "ECHO R ONE"

  • she just made ma gcse's seem soo eazy

    i sooo should've watched diz video a lil ealier >:((

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  • eureka!

    

  • @matzecc I agree with you in that the particular restriciton enzyme she mentioned, EcoRI, is found in E. coli, a bacterium. But it seems unlikely that higher organisms such as humans wouldn't have restriction enzymes (or equivalents) also. We too, like bacteria, in certain situations have to cut our DNA (e.g. during crossover events in meiosis).

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