The biological activity of cell on cryopreservation : from Biolog

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61. A transgene expression can achieve which of the following ?
  • Prevent expression of a native gene
  • Modify an existing biosynthetic pathway.
  • Produce a protein that  produces the phenotype of interest or is the product of interest.
  • All of the above
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62. What are transgenic plants ?
  • Plants which have no extra or foreign gene.
  • Plants containing specially introduced genes and hence showing tolerance to certain herbicides
  • A crop plant which is destroyed by herbicides
  • A plant susceptible to insect pests
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63. The biological activity of cell on cryopreservation :
  • Essentially ceases
  • Is normal
  • Doubles
  • All of the above


A.

Essentially ceases
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64. The Ti plasmid is often used for making transgenic plants. This plasmid is found in :
  • Rhizobium of the roots of leguminous plants
  • Agrobacterium
  • Yeast as a 2 μ m plasmid
  • Azotobacter
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65. In transgenics, expression of transgene in target tissue is determined by :
  • transgene 
  • promoter
  • reporter 
  • enhancer
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66. ELISA is used to detect viruses, where :
  • Southern blotting is done
  • alkaline phosphatase is the key reagent
  • Gel electrophoresis is done
  • DNA-probes are required
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67. An example of gene therapy is :
  • production of injectable Hepatitis B vaccine
  • production of vaccines in food crops like potatoes which can be eaten
  • introduction of gene for adenosine deaminase in persons suffering from ADA deficiency.
  • production of test tube babies by artificial insemination and implantation of fertilized eggs.
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68.
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) strains have been used for designing novel:
  • Biofertilizers
  • Bio-metallurgical techniques
  • Bio-mineralization processes
  • Bio-insecticidal plants
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69. Cultivation of Bt cotton has been much in the news. The prefix Bt means :
  • Barium treated
  • Bigger thread
  • Biotechnology
  • Bacillus thuringiensis
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70. First biochemical to be produced commercially by microbial cloning and genetic engineering :
  • Human insulin
  • Pencillin
  • Interferons
  • Fertility factor
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