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What enzyme is necessary to permanently link the digested foreign and plasmid DNA together to form the recombinant DNA molecule? How does this enzyme work?

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The enzyme that is needed to permanently link the digested foreign and plasmid DNA together to form the recombinant DNA molecule is DNA Ligase. it is often used to insert genes as well as other pieces of DNA into plasmids during the cloning of DNA.

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