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प्रश्न
What modification is done on the Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to convert it into a cloning vector?
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उत्तर
T-DNA is the only essential part required to make Ti plasmid a cloning vector. The plasmid is disarmed by deleting the tumour-inducing genes in the plasmid so that it becomes an effective cloning vector and remove it harmful effect.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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?
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 colonies of recombinant bacteria appear white in contrast to blue colonies of non-recombinant bacteria because of ______.
A clone is a ______.
Plasmids are suitable vectors for gene cloning because these ______.
A cloning vector should possess which of the following characters?
- Origin of replication (Ori)
- Ability to destroy the alien DNA
- Cloning site to link the alien DNA
- The tumour inducing plasmid Ti.
- Selectable marker.
- Low molecular weight
The CORRECT combination is
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.
A plasmid without a selectable marker was chosen as vector for cloning a gene. How does this affect the experiment?
Describe the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in transforming a plant cell.
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 following diagram showing restriction sites in E. coli cloning vector pBR322. Find the role of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ genes:

Which of the following is not a cloning vector?
