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Briefly describe the purpose of a polylinker site in a plasmid or bacteriophage cloning vector.

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The expert describes the purpose of a polylinker site in a plasmid or bacteriophage cloning vector.

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A polylinker site in a cloning vector, also called a multi-cloning site (MCS) is a site rich in restriction enzyme sites, that enables a researcher to ...

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