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  • Cryptic plasmids


  • Options
  • A. do not exhibit any phenotypic trait
  • B. exhibit many phenotypic traits
  • C. exhibit one phenotypic traits
  • D. exhibit antibiotic resistance

  • Correct Answer
  • do not exhibit any phenotypic trait 


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. Size of the DNA that can be packaged into a ? phage is

    • Options
    • A. 50 kb
    • B. 35-53 kb
    • C. 40-50 kb
    • D. any size
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • Discuss
    • 4. A plasmid can be considered as a suitable cloning vector if

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    • 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. Charon vectors are different from EMBL vectors because

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    • 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
    • 7. 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
    • 8. Cos site of the cosmids

    • Options
    • A. consists of 12 bases
    • B. helps whole genome in circularization and ligation
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. contains cleavage site
    • Discuss
    • 9. Maximum size of foreign DNA that can be inserted into an insertion vector is

    • Options
    • A. 35 kb
    • B. 18 kb
    • C. 50 kb
    • D. 27 kb
    • Discuss
    • 10. Plasmids which are maintained as limited number of copies per cell are known as

    • Options
    • A. stringent plasmids
    • B. relaxed plasmids
    • C. cryptic plasmids
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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