Restriction enzymes do not act on the DNA of the host cell in which they are produced, because :

1.  Host DNA is packed into chromosomes
2.  Restriction enzymes are ineffective on host DNA
3.  Host DNA does not have the restriction site for the restriction enzymes.
4.  Restriction site of host DNA is methylated.

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In the first gene cloning experiment:

1.  Researchers successfully identified a human gene responsible for the disease.
2.  Researchers successfully inserted a gene for kanamycin resistance into a plasmid vector.
3.  Researchers demonstrated that many different DNA fragments could insert into a plasmid vector
4.  Researchers produced a strain of bacteriophage with an increased ability to infect E. coli.
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A circular plasmid of 10000 bp is digested with two restriction enzymes A and B, to produce 3000 bp and 2000 bp bands when visualized on an agarose gel. When digested with one enzyme at a time, only one band is visible at 5000 bp. If the first site for enzyme A [A1] is present at the 100th base, the order in which the remaining sites [A2, B1 and B2] are present is: 

1.5100, 3100, 81002.3100, 5100, 8100
3.8100, 5100, 31004.8100, 3100, 5100

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When the phage DNA enters a bacterium, it protects itself from the viral DNA with the help of:

1.  methylases 2.  endonucleases
3.  exonucleases 4.  ligases

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What is the problem in providing a bone marrow transplant to a patient of SCID as a treatment?

1. rejection of the graft by the recipient

2. graft-versus-host disease

3. cardiovascular failure

4. anaphylaxis

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Assertion (A): In order to link the alien DNA, the vector needs to have very few, preferably single, recognition sites for the commonly used restriction enzymes.
Reason (R): Presence of more than one recognition sites within the vector will generate several fragments, which will complicate the gene cloning.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is True but (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
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Assertion (A): When constructing rDNA, the vector DNA should never be cut by the same restriction endonuclease  that was used to cut the donor DNA
Reason (R): Use of same restriction endonuclease will generate same kind of sticky ends retarding the function of DNA ligase.
 
1. Both (A) and (R) are True and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are True but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
3. (A) is True but (R) is False
4. Both (A) and (R) are False
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In 1970, Hamilton O. Smith, Thomas Kelly and Kent Wilcox isolated and characterized the first type II restriction enzyme that was:
1. EcoR I 2. Hind II
3. Bam HI 4. Sma I
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