A permanent cure for ADA deficiency could be:
1. | Enzyme replacement therapy |
2. | Bone marrow transplant |
3. | Introduction of a functional ADA cDNA into lymphocytes |
4. | Introduction of gene isolated from marrow cells producing ADA into early embryonic cells |
Polymerase Chain Reaction is not used in :
1. Confirming presence of a pathogen during early infection
2. Identifying the mutated genes in suspected cancer patients
3. Isolating the gene of interest from host DNA to be cloned by recombinant procedures
4. Detection of the presence of HIV in suspected AIDS patient
If gene isolate from marrow cells producing ADA is introduced into cells at early embryonic stage, it could be a permanant cure of ADA deficiency because the early embryonic cells :
1. Are more differentiated than the later stage cells
2. Are constantly dividing and do not get differentiated
3. Are easy to manipulate than the later stage cells
4. Are virtually immortal
To test the safety of polio vaccine, the organisms used are transgenic :
1. Mice
2. Pigs
3. Monkey
4. Cattle
If the goal were to create a plant resistant to an insecticide, which cell-based plant technology would be most effective ?
(1) clonal propagation
(2) cybridization
(3) protoplast fusion
(4) mutant selection
Which kind of therapy was given in 1990 to a four-year-old girl with Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) deficiency?
(1) Gene therapy
(2) Chemotherapy
(3) Immunotherapy
(4) Radiation therapy
The two polypeptides of human insulin are linked together by
(1) phosphodiester bonds
(2) covalent bonds
(3) disulphide bridges
(4) hydrogen bonds
Which part of the tobacco plant is infected by Meloidegyne incognitia?
1. Leaf
2. Stem
3. Root
4. Flower
The introduction of tDNA into plants involves
1. infection of the plant by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
2. altering the pH of soil, heat-shocking the plants
3. exposing the plants to cold for a brief period
4. allowing the plant roots to stand in water
In Bt cotton, the Bt toxin present in plant tissue as pro-toxin is converted into active toxin due to
(1) Alkaline pH of the insect gut
(2) acidic pH of the insect gut
(3) action of gut microorganisms
(4) presence of conversion factors in insect gut