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  • Advantage of microprojectile method over microinjection method for gene transfer in plants include


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  • A. intact cells are used
  • B. method is universal in its application irrespective of all shape, size, type and presence or absence of cell wall
  • C. gene can be transferred to many cells simultaneously
  • D. all of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • all of the above 


  • Gene Transfer in Plants problems


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    • 1. The size of the virulent plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is

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    • A. 40-80 kb
    • B. 80-120 kb
    • C. 140-235 kb
    • D. >235 kb
    • Discuss
    • 2. Plant transformation vectors based on Agrobacterium can generally be divided into

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    • A. two vectors
    • B. four vectors
    • C. six vectors
    • D. eight vectors
    • Discuss
    • 3. The direct repeats flanking the T-DNA of Agrobacterium tume-faciens are known as

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    • A. cos site
    • B. flanking sequences
    • C. border sequences
    • D. transfer sequences
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is not true about the direct repeats flanking T-DNA?

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    • A. They are conserved between nopaline and octopine Ti-plasmids
    • B. These repeats are transferred intact to the plant genome
    • C. These are important in integration mechanism
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. In the liposome mediated gene transfer in plants, nucleic acids are

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    • A. protected from nuclease digestion
    • B. stable in liposomes
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. not stable in liposomes
    • Discuss
    • 6. Opines are

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    • A. amino acid derivatives found in tumor tissues
    • B. amino acid derivatives found in normal tissues
    • C. amino acid derivatives found in both normal as well as tumor tissues
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a

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    • A. gram (+) bacteria
    • B. gram (-) bacteria
    • C. a fungi
    • D. a yeast
    • Discuss
    • 8. Co-integrating transformation vectors must include a region of homology in

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    • A. the vector plasmid
    • B. the Ti-plasmid
    • C. between vector plasmid and Ti-plasmid
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Microprojectile method of gene transfer in plants involves delivery of DNA

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    • A. with the help of micromanipulator
    • B. with the help of bolistics
    • C. with the help of needles
    • D. any of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following is not true about the helper plasmids?

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    • A. These can replicate in Agrobacterium
    • B. These help in the mediating conjugation of intermediate vectors
    • C. These can't replicate in Agrobacterium
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


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