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Published on: August 12, 2026
A bacterium modifies its DNA by adding methyl groups to the DNA, It does so to :-
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Bacteria add methyl groups to specific DNA sequences to protect their own DNA from being cut by their restriction endonucleases. The restriction enzymes destroy foreign DNA (such as bacteriophage DNA), while the methylated bacterial DNA remains safe.
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