Which of the following methods is not commonly used for introducing foreign DNA into the plant cell?
1. Agrobacterium mediated transformation
2. Gene gun
3. 'Disarmed pathogen' vectors
4. Bacteriophages
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The DNA molecule to which the gene of interest is integrated for cloning is called:

1. Transformer 2. Vector
3. Template 4. Carrier
Subtopic:  Tools: Vectors: I | Tools |
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An enzyme catalysing the removal of nucleotides from ends of DNA is:

1. DNA ligase 2. Endonuclease
3. Exonuclease 4. Protease
Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools |
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The sequence that controls the copy number of the linked DNA in the vector is termed as :
1. Ori site
2. Palindromic sequence
3. Recognition site
4. Selectable marker
Subtopic:  Tools: Vectors: I | Tools |
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The specific palindromic sequence which is recognized by EcoRI is:

1. 5' -GGAACC-3'
3'-CCTTGG-5'
2. 5'-CTTAAG-3'
3'-GAATTC-5'
3. 5'-GGATCC-3'
3'-CCTAGG-5'
4. 5'-GAATTC-3'
3'-CTTAAG-5'
Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Restriction Enzymes - Main Enzymes | Tools |
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Which vector can clone only a small fragment of DNA?

1. Bacterial artificial chromosome

2. Yeast artificial chromosome

3. Plasmid

4. Cosmid

Subtopic:  Tools: Vectors: I | Tools |
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A foreign DNA and plasmid cut by the same restriction endonuclease can be joined to form a recombinant plasmid using?

1. Eco Rl 2. taq polymerase
3. polymerase lll 4. ligase
Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools |
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Match the following enzymes with their functions:
 

Column-I

Column-II

(a)

Restriction

endonuclease

(i)

joins the DNA fragments

(b)

Exonuclease

(ii)

extends primers on genomic DNA template

(c)

DNA ligase

(iii)

cuts DNA at a specific position

(d)

Tag polymerase

(iv)

removes nucleotides from the ends of DNA


Select the correct option from the following:

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)
2. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
3. (iv) (iii) (i) (ii)
4. (ii) (iv) (i) (iii)

Subtopic:  Tools: Enzymes: I | Tools: Enzymes: II | Tools |
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Which of the following are used in gene cloning?
1. Lomasomes
2. Mesosomes
3. Plasmids
4. Nucleotides 

Subtopic:  Cloning Vector | Tools |
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