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  • Question
  • Which of the following is not true about phagemid?


  • Options
  • A. Contain functional origin of replication of the plasmid and ? phage
  • B. May be propagated as a plasmid or as phage in appropriate strain
  • C. Contain ? att site
  • D. Can only be propagated as phage

  • Correct Answer
  • Can only be propagated as phage 


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    • 1. A plasmid can be considered as a suitable cloning vector if

    • Options
    • A. it can be readily isolated from the cells
    • B. it possesses a single restriction site for one or more restriction enzymes
    • C. insertion of foreign DNA does not alter its replication properties
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Cosmids lack

    • Options
    • A. genes coding for viral proteins
    • B. origin of replication
    • C. marker genes coding for replication
    • D. cleavage site for the insertion of foreign DNA
    • Discuss
    • 3. ? ZAP vector is an example of

    • Options
    • A. phage
    • B. phagemid
    • C. cosmid
    • D. plasmid
    • Discuss
    • 4. Cosmid vectors are used for

    • Options
    • A. cloning small fragments of DNA
    • B. cloning large fragments of DNA
    • C. cloning prokaryotic DNA only
    • D. cloning eukaryotic DNA only
    • Discuss
    • 5. ? gt 10 and ? gt 11 vectors can propagate cloned fragments up to

    • Options
    • A. 6-7 kb
    • B. 1-2 kb
    • C. 40-44 kb
    • D. 20-23 kb
    • Discuss
    • 6. Size of the DNA that can be packaged into a ? phage is

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    • A. 50 kb
    • B. 35-53 kb
    • C. 40-50 kb
    • D. any size
    • Discuss
    • 7. Inserted DNA in ? gt 11 can be expressed as

    • Options
    • A. ?-galactosidase fused protein
    • B. free protein in the cytoplasm
    • C. free protein that is secreted out
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Cryptic plasmids

    • Options
    • A. do not exhibit any phenotypic trait
    • B. exhibit many phenotypic traits
    • C. exhibit one phenotypic traits
    • D. exhibit antibiotic resistance
    • Discuss
    • 9. Charon vectors are different from EMBL vectors because

    • Options
    • A. they have more extensive range of restriction targets with in their polylinkers.
    • B. physical separation of lambda arm from central fragment is required
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. physical separation of lambda arm from central fragment is not required
    • Discuss
    • 10. EMBL 3 and EMBL 4 are replacement vectors, which can clone DNA up to

    • Options
    • A. 6-7 kb
    • B. 15-25 kb
    • C. 40-44 kb
    • D. 1-2 kb
    • Discuss


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