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Genetic Engineering Practice Test: Using Other Organisms
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Genetics using Other Organisms topics include: Bacteria, markers, algae, vascular plants, yac and expressions, drosophilla, organelle transformation, generation of transgenic organisms, mammals and restricted areas in intact organisms. Transgenic organisms are organisms or cells that have had their DNA altered by the introduction of foreign DNA sequences from another species. This process is different from selective breeding, which involves selecting plants or animals with desired traits and breeding them.  Genetic engineering involves: Identifying the genetic information that gives an... Show more
Genetic Engineering Practice Test: Using Other Organisms
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1. The transfer of plasmid from one bacterial cell to another when cargo and conjugal plasmids are used, it is usually is carried out by _____ mating.
2. Mitochondrial genome encodes tRNAs ___________ and polypeptides involved in _______
3. Promoters such as GAL1 can be used to direct synthesis of either unmodified or fusion proteins.
4. DEAE-dextran is used for introduction of DNA. It is a modified _____ and is ______
5. Vaccinia virus produces its own ______ which is functional in _____ of infected cells where the virus also replicates.
6. If the DNA is linearized, what is the effect on the recombination frequency?
7. Integration of DNA into the Chlamydomonas genome is via homologous recombination.
8. Choose the incorrect statement for shuttle vectors.
9. The leu1+ marker encodes which enzyme?
10. How many deletion variations of GAL1 promoter are there?
11. Centromere is the most important component of the human artificial chromosome. It is constructed from tandemly repeated copies of 171 bp of ______ DNA sequence.
12. nmt1+ gene is used for _____ biosynthesis.
13. Cells deficient in thymidine kinase (TK) are also killed in HAT medium.
14. Transfer of T DNA depends on a set of genes called as ______ if they are present on ________
15. The disease crown gall is caused by which bacteria?
16. Transgenic Drosophila can be created by microinjection of DNA into the embryos. These embryos are at which stage of development?
17. Presence of wild-type DNA onto the HGPRT– in the presence of _______ led to DNA uptake and stable transformation.
18. Chlamyodomonas reinhardtii is a green _________ algae.
19. If plasmids direct their own transfer from one bacterium cell to another, then they are called as ___________
20. Atrazine is a herbicide and it acts on _________
21. Vaccinia virus is a commonly used virus and it is a member of pox virus family. It has a large genome of _____________ and can accept at least ____________ of foreign DNA.
22. The size of the viral genome is large and thus poses a problem. This problem can be resolved by using ____________
23. If gene of interest is inserted into protoplasts but the transformation is not stable, then it is called as __________ expression systems.
24. Loss of SUP4 abolishes canavanine uptake, it is arginine analogue.
25. rosy gene is used as a selectable marker for transformation in Drosophila, it produces an enzyme required for the synthesis of ____________