A protein is not expressed properly in a diseased tissue. To find out whether the defect is at the level of translation or post translational modifications which techniques would you use ?
a. Southern blotting and South Western blotting
b. Northern blotting and western blotting
c. Western blotting and Eastern blotting
d. Southern and Northern blotting

Insertional inactivation of a gene helps in
a. Identification of recombinant clones
b. Identification of deletion mutants
c. Identification of recombinant transformants
d. Elimination of suppression mutants

Biolistic method makes use of microparticles coated with DNA bombarded at cells to be transformed. These particle are made up of
a. Zinc or tungsten
b. Silicon or gold
c. Tungsten or gold
d. Selenium or Platinum

A reporter enzyme used in biotechnology is-

Downstream processing does not include

Probes are molecules of

Which is not a component of the vector pBR322?

Which among the following is a cloning vector?

Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering are

Which of the following would you choose as the safest and least cumbersome selectable marker-