For the multiplication of any alien piece of DNA in an organism:

1.  It must be devoid of any introns in it

2.  It must be a part of a chromosome with an ori

3.  It must have recognition sequence of at least one restriction enzyme

4.  It must have selectable markers

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Which of the following equipment is essentially required for growing microbes on a large scale for the industrial production of enzymes?

1.Bioreactor2.BOD incubator
3.Sludge digester4.Industrial oven

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What is true regarding A, B and C in the given diagrammatic representation of rDNA technology?
  

I:  At A, same restriction enzyme is used to cut both foreign and vector DNA
II:  The enzyme used at B is DNA ligase
III:  Step C can be called as transformation
 
1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II and III
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A and B in pBR322, shown in the diagram given below, respectively represent recognition sequences of:

 
1. BamH I and Sma I
2. Hind II and Sma I
3. BamH I and Sal I
4. Sal I and Hind II
  
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Consider the following statements:

I:  Biolistics or gene gun can be used to introduce genes in both plant and animal cells.
II:  Agrobacterium tumefaciens does not naturally infect Monocots.
III:  Liposomes are used in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.

Which of the above statements are true?

1.  I and II only 2.  I and III only
3.  II and III only  4.  I, II, and III

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Consider the following statements: 

I:  Ori is responsible for the copy number of the linked DNA.
II:  Transformation is a process through which a piece of DNA is introduced into a host bacterium. 
III:  Bacteriophages have very high copy numbers of their genome within the bacterial cell.

Which of the above statements are true?

1.  I and II only 2.  I and III only
3.  II and III only  4.  I, II, and III
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Consider the following statements:

I:  Exonucleases remove nucleotides from the ends of DNA whereas, endonucleases make cuts at specific positions within DNA.
II:   To visualize pure DNA fragments, it is stained with ethidium bromide and seen in UV light.
III:  Plasmids and phage DNA are used as vectors in genetic engineering as they are extrachromosomal DNA molecules.

Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only  4. I, II, and III
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Consider the following statements:

I:  Asexual reproduction preserves genetic information while sexual reproduction permits variations.
II:  Traditional hybridization often leads to the inclusion and multiplication of undesirable genes along with the desired genes.
III:  rDNA technology allows us to isolate and introduce only one or a set of desirable genes without introducing undesirable genes in the target organism.

Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only  4. I, II, and III
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The first type II restriction endonuclease whose functioning depended on a specific DNA nucleotide sequence was:
1. EcoRI

2. HindII

3. SmaI

4. BamHI

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The following palindrome is recognized by the restriction enzyme:

 

1. BamHI

2. EcoRI

3. HindII

4. PstI

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