What molecular mechanism/feature does site-directed mutagenesis exploit to introduce a mutation at a specific site?

A) flanking complementary bound nucleotides permit non-complementary base pairing
B) methylated nucleotides disrupt DNA polymerase's proofreading
C) nucleotide substitution when one is depleted
D) transposase-induced base pair changes


Answer: A

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