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Question
Human insulin is being commercially produced form a transgenic species of ______.
Options
Escherichia
Mycobacterium
Rhizobium
Saccharomyces.
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Solution
Human insulin is being commercially produced forma transgenic species of Escherichia.
Explanation:
E.coli that has been genetically modified to produce human fusulin. Insulin-producing genes from humans were introduced into E.coli bacteria, which produced insulin dubbed 'humulin' for clinical use, utilizing genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology.
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