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The names all look - they're all italicized
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and they're capital letters and small letters so that they won't be easy for you to understand,
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but they are - if you know the nomenclature,
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easy to understand.
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This restriction enzyme was found in a natural source,
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it was found in a micro-organism called E.coli.
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The first three letters of E. Coli are Eco,
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so Eco.
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It was found in strain R,
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a particular strain of E.coli,
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and it was the first one found,
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so EcoRⅠ .