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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.
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उत्तर
pBR322

The Restriction sites mentioned in the figure are Hind III, EcoR I, BamH I, Sal I, Pvu II, Pst I, Cla I (any two can be considered) Antibiotic resistant genes: ampR and tetR
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State how has Agrobacterium tumifaciens been made a useful cloning vector to transfer DNA to plant cells.
What is ‘Ori’ ? State its importance during cloning of a vector.
Answer the following question.
Expand ‘YAC’ and mention what it was used for.
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The figure below shows the structure of a plasmid.

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