The bacteria generally used for genetic engineering is:
1. Agrobacterium
2. Bacillus
3. Pseudomonas
4. Clostridium
A giant rat is formed in the laboratory, what is the reason:
1. Gene mutation
2. Gene synthesis
3. Gene manipulation
4. Gene replication
Plasmid has been used as a vector because:
1. | It is circular DNA that has the capacity to join to eukaryotic DNA |
2. | It can move between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells |
3. | Both ends show replication |
4. | It has an antibiotic resistance gene |
In bacteria, the plasmid is:
1. Extrachromosomal material
2. Main DNA
3. Non-functional DNA
4. Repetitive gene
Which of the following enzymes are used to join bits of DNA:
1. Ligase
2. Primase
3. DNA polymerase
4. Endonuclease
Manipulation of DNA in genetic engineering became possible due to the discovery of:
1. Restriction endonuclease
2. DNA ligase
3. Transcriptase
4. Primase
Which one of the following bacteria has found extensive use in genetic engineering work in plants?
1. | Clostridium septicum | 2. | Xanthomonas citri |
3. | Bacillus coagulens | 4. | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |
What is true for a plasmid?
1. Plasmids are widely used in gene transfer
2. These are found in a virus
3. A plasmid contains genes for vital activities
4. This is the main part of the chromosome
Which of the following cut the DNA from specific places:
1. Restriction endonuclease (EcoRI)
2. Ligase
3. Exonuclease
4. Alkaline phosphate
Maximum number of bases in plasmids discovered so far:
1. 50 kilobase
2. 500 kilobase
3. 5000 kilobase
4. 5 kilobase