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प्रश्न
What does ‘competent’ refer to in competent cells used in transformation experiments?
What does ‘competent’ refer to in competent cells used in transformation?
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उत्तर
Competent means bacterial cells, on treatment with CaCl₂, are made capable of taking up foreign DNA.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Name the selectable markers in the cloning vector pBR322. Mention the role they play.
State how has Agrobacterium tumifaciens been made a useful cloning vector to transfer DNA to plant cells.
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.
Can you think and answer how a reporter enzyme can be used to monitor the transformation of host cells by foreign DNA in addition to a selectable marker?
Write the role of ‘restriction sites’ in the cloning vector pBR322.
What is ‘Ori’ ? State its importance during cloning of a vector.
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.
A clone is a ______.
Which of the following is correctly matched?
Plasmids are suitable vectors for gene cloning because these ______.
Which of the following is not a genetic vector?
A plasmid without a selectable marker was chosen as vector for cloning a gene. How does this affect the experiment?
Describe the role of CaCl2 in the preparation of competent cells?
Describe the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in transforming a plant cell.
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.
Which of the following enzyme(s) are NOT essential for gene cloning?
- Restriction enzymes
- DNA ligase
- DNA mutase
- DNA recombinase
- DNA polymerase
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
The “Ti plasmid” of Agrobacterium tumefaciens stands for ______.
