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If DNA library is established using expression vectors, each individual clone can be expressed to yield a
- A) Dipeptide
- B) Monopeptide
- C) Nucleotide
- D) Polypeptide
ABC pathway for protein export and Type II secretion pathway are used for
- A) Protein trafficking
- B) DNA trafficking
- C) RNA trafficking
- D) Chromosome trafficking
____________________ depends upon transcription of appropriate gene, efficient translation of mRNA and in many cases, post-translational processing and compartmentalization of nascent polypeptide.
- A) Synthesis of genome
- B) Synthesis of functional protein
- C) Synthesis of functional RNA
- D) Synthesis of functional DNA
________ are simply plasmids designed for the cloning of very long segments
- A) Human artificial chromosomes
- B) Bacterial artificial chromosomes
- C) Viral artificial chromosomes
- D) Yeast artificial chromosomes
Vectors that can replicate and are maintained in two or more unrelated host organisms are called ____vectors
- A) expression
- B) shuttle
- C) host
- D) house keeping
Expression from a strong promoter can represent ________ of cloned gene product of total cell protein
- A) 20-50%
- B) 30-40%
- C) 20-40%
- D) 10-40%
YACs are the ______ used for large DNA fragments insertion
- A) Yeast artificial chromosomes
- B) Y-cloned artificial chromosomes
- C) Yok artificial chromosomes
- D) Y-linked autosomal clones
Foreign proteins in E. coli is
- A) submerged
- B) Stable
- C) Dissolved
- D) Instable
Vectors that can replicate and are stably maintained in two or more unrelated host organisms are called ____
- A) internal vectors
- B) shuttle vectors
- C) target vectors
- D) host specific vectors
A great advantage of hybridization for library screening is that it is
- A) Difficult
- B) Good
- C) Versatile
- D) Unique
It is much more convenient to use ________________, because these have a higher capacity and the efficiency of in vitro packaging
- A) bacteriophage simple insertion vectors
- B) Bacteriophage-ʎ insertion vectors
- C) Bacteriophage-ECol I insertion vectors
- D) Bacteriophage-ʎ deletion vectors
Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli have a
- A) complex wall-membrane mitochondia
- B) Complex wall-membrane
- C) Difficult wall-membrane
- D) Simple wall-membrane
This is the process by which a particular DNA sequence compensates for a missing function in a mutant cell and thus restores the wild type phenotype.
- A) Functional complementation
- B) Functional genomics
- C) Non-Functional complementation
- D) Functional analysis
________ with specific primers could be used to isolate genes directly from genomic DNA
- A) SNPs
- B) PCR
- C) AFLP
- D) RFLP
Bacterial artificial chromosomes are used as_____
- A) plasmid recombinant vectors
- B) cloning vectors
- C) restriction enzymes
- D) protein docking molecules
_______ are the plasmids containing a fragment of ʎ DNA including ‘cos’ site
- A) phasmid
- B) M13
- C) none of these
- D) cosmid
In chromosome jumping, the DNA of interest is identified, cut into fragments with restriction enzymes and
- A) Breaks down
- B) Circularized
- C) Straighten
- D) Elongates
In Genomic DNA libraries, the appropriately sized random fragments can be produced by ______
- A) polymerases
- B) ligases
- C) lysozymes
- D) restriction endonucleases
In South-western and north-western blotting screening is carried out without using an antibody, by incubating the membranes with
- A) Radiolabelled single stranded DNA probe
- B) Unlabelled double stranded DNA probe
- C) Radiolabelled double stranded DNA probe
- D) Radiolabelled double stranded RNA probe
________ vectors are combination of plasmid and ʎ phage sequences
- A) M13
- B) Phasmid
- C) Cosmid
- D) Chloroplast