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 Imagine you have a plasmid 2686 BP. you have an enzyme that cuts at base position 100 and 1250. how many fragments do you get? what are the sizes of each fragment?

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 Im doing a lab tomorrow working with DNA and Im trying to better understand these concepts so thanks for your help!!
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Imagine you have a plasmid 2686 BP. you have an enzyme that cuts at base position 100 and 1250. how many fragments do you get? what are the sizes of each fragment?

You'd have two pieces/fragments. First cut opens the loop, second cut releases a fragment. Draw a circle and try it yourself.

1250 - 100 = 1150 (piece one)
2686 - 1150 = 1536 (second piece)
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Thanks a million!!!
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