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प्रश्न
Describe the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in transforming a plant cell.
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उत्तर
Agrobacterium tumefaciens harbours a megaplasmid called Ti-plasmid. This has a T-DNA region flanked by the left border and right border sequence. The T-DNA gets transferred and integrates with the host plant DNA. This property of Ti-plasmid has been exploited for cloning gene of interest and stably integrating them into the plant genese. Therefore, by using Ti-plasmid or its derivatives, recombinant plant cells with desired genes of interest stably integrated in the plant genome have been successfully produced.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Draw a schematic sketch of pBR 322 plasmid and label the following in it:
(a) Any two restriction sites.
(b) Ori and rop genes.
(c) An antibiotic resistant gene.
Describe briefly the following:
Origin of replication
Why is the coding sequence of an enzyme β-galactosidase a preferred selectable marker in comparison to the ones named above?
Write the role of ‘restriction sites’ in the cloning vector pBR322.
Explain the importance of ‘Selectable marker’, with the help of a suitable example.
Answer the following question.
β galactosidase enzyme is considered a better selectable marker. Justify the statement.
Answer the following question.
Expand ‘YAC’ and mention what it was used for.
How does the β-galactosidase coding sequence act as a selectable marker? Why is it a preferred selectable marker to antibiotic resistance genes? Explain.
The genetic material of virus includes:
The colonies of recombinant bacteria appear white in contrast to blue colonies of non-recombinant bacteria because of ______.
Plasmids are suitable vectors for gene cloning because these ______.
Which of the following is not a genetic vector?
Which of the following is not a cloning vector?
Plasmid pBR322 has a PstI restriction enzyme site within gene ampR that confers ampicillin resistance. If this enzyme is used for inserting a gene for β-galactoside production and the recombinant plasmid is inserted in an E.coli strain.
What does ‘competent’ refer to in competent cells used in transformation experiments?
A plasmid without a selectable marker was chosen as vector for cloning a gene. How does this affect the experiment?
The figure below shows the structure of a plasmid.
A foreign DNA was ligated at BamH1. The transformants were then grown in a medium containing antibiotics tetracycline and ampicillin.
Choose the correct observation for the growth of bacterial colonies from the given table.
