Question

The “Ti plasmid” of Agrobacterium tumefaciens stands for ______.

Options

• Tumor inducing plasmid

• Temperature independent plasmid

• Tumour inhibiting plasmid

• Tumor independent plasmid

Answer 1

The “Ti plasmid” of Agrobacterium tumefaciens stands for Tumor inducing plasmid.

Explanation:

Agrobacterium tumefaciens Ti plasmid is a tumor-inducing plasmid that contains T-DNA that generates tumours in a variety of dicot plants by turning healthy plant cells into tumours. The agrobacterium tumifaciens tumour-inducing (Ti) plasmid has now been altered to create a cloning vector.