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It is a small piece of DNA into which a forgein DNA fragment can be inserted.

extra-chromosomal DNA molecule separate from the chromosomal DNA which is capable of replicating independently of the chromosomal DNA. In many cases, it is circular and double-stranded. Plasmids usually occur naturally in bacteria, but are sometimes found in eukaryotic organisms.

artificially produced segment of nucleotides that is complementary to an area just upstream or downstream from a gene of interes and whose function is to signal DNA polymerase where to begin replictaion.

A DNA technology where dna fragments from one organism is combined with Dna from another organism

recognizes a sequence of dna and cuts it to where it produces sticky ends