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Vectors Uses for Animal Cell Culture problems


  • 1. Using bovine papilloma virus (BPV) derived vectors, permanent cell lines can be obtained carrying a recombinant DNA

  • Options
  • A. episomally only
  • B. integrated only
  • C. either episomally or integrated at high copy number
  • D. either episomally or integrated at low copy number
  • Discuss
  • 2. Recombinant SV40 viruses introduce the foreign DNA into cells

  • Options
  • A. with the DNA mediated transfection
  • B. without the DNA mediated transfection
  • C. with the RNA mediated transfection
  • D. without the RNA mediated transfection
  • Discuss
  • 3. Which of the following(s) is/are the most commonly used markers in yeast?

  • Options
  • A. His 3
  • B. Ura 3
  • C. Trp 1
  • D. All of these
  • Discuss
  • 4. The size of the genome of SV 40 is

  • Options
  • A. 7.2 kb
  • B. 69 kb
  • C. 5.2 kb
  • D. 110 kb
  • Discuss
  • 5. Retroviruses have advantage for being used as vector for animal cells because

  • Options
  • A. they cover a wide host range
  • B. infection does not lead to cell death, infected cells produce virus over an indefinite period
  • C. viral gene expression is driven by strong promoters
  • D. all of the above
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which one of the following is true about Yeast Episomal plasmids (YEp) vectors?

  • Options
  • A. Allows transformation by using crossing over
  • B. Has a origin of replication and rep genes
  • C. Carries autonomously replicating sequence
  • D. Carries centromere and telomere sequences
  • Discuss
  • 7. Yeast Replicating plasmids (YRp) carry

  • Options
  • A. centromere
  • B. telomere
  • C. autonomously replicating sequence
  • D. both (a) and (c)
  • Discuss
  • 8. Recombinant adeno virus can be created by deleting E1A/E 1B genes that are

  • Options
  • A. transcriptional regulators and are essential for viral replication
  • B. not necessary for viral replication
  • C. coding for virus coat protein
  • D. important for packaging of viral DNA into viral head
  • Discuss
  • 9. Cos cell line is

  • Options
  • A. cohesive end site of phage ?
  • B. derivative of permissive CV-1 monkey cell line
  • C. cohesive initial site of phage ?
  • D. derivative of non-permissive CV-1 monkey cell line
  • Discuss
  • 10. Yeast episomal plasmids (YEp) were constructed using

  • Options
  • A. 2?m yeast plasmid, fragments of yeast nuclear DNA and E coli vector pMB 9
  • B. 2?m yeast plasmid, fragments of yeast nuclear DNA and E coli vector pBR 322
  • C. 12?m yeast plasmid and E coli vector pMB 9
  • D. 12?m yeast plasmid and E coli vector pBR 322
  • Discuss

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