Organisms and Genetic Engineering MCQs

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Q151.
Resistance to bleomycin (zeocin) is used as a selectable marker for mammalian cultured cells and its function is ____________
Discuss
Answer: (a).DNA damaging agent
Q152.
Resistance to methotrexate, which inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is used as a selectable marker. This enzyme is involved in the synthesis of _____ carbon units and is required for _____ biosynthesis.
Discuss
Answer: (d).one, nucleoside
Q153.
Histidinol dehydrogenase allows synthesis of histidine from exogenous histanol.
Discuss
Answer: (a).True
Q154.
Many mammalian cells contain Thymidine Kinase, the mammalian enzyme uses the analogue _____ than does the viral enzyme.
Discuss
Answer: (b).less efficiently
Q155.
A wide range of host cell lines are available and commonly used human cell lines are obtained from ___________
Discuss
Answer: (d).both kidney and lymphoblast from a leukaemia patient
Q156.
DEAE-dextran is used for introduction of DNA. It is a modified _____ and is ______
Discuss
Answer: (b).polysaccharide, positively
Q157.
Cells whose contents have been removed and replaced, by swelling and shrinking in solutions of suitable osmotic strength are called as ____________
Discuss
Answer: (b).ghosts
Q158.
In ___________ cells, virus replication doesn’t take place and viral DNA ___________
Discuss
Answer: (c).non-permissive, can be expressed
Q159.
SV40 is a virus and it produces how many transcripts?

a.

1

b.

2

c.

3

d.

4

Discuss
Answer: (b).2
Q160.
Splicing of the transcripts is necessary for efficient expression.
Discuss
Answer: (a).True