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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Genetic Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
MANY_MAMMALIAN_CELLS_CONTAIN_THYMIDINE_KINASE,_THE_MAMMALIAN_ENZYME_USES_THE_ANALOGUE_______THAN_DOES_THE_VIRAL_ENZYME.?$ |
A. | more efficiently |
B. | less efficiently |
C. | with same efficiency |
D. | either with same or more efficiency |
Answer» C. with same efficiency | |
2. |
DEAE-dextran is used for introduction of DNA. It is a modified _____ and is ______$ |
A. | polysaccharide, negatively |
B. | polysaccharide, positively |
C. | monosaccharide, positively |
D. | monosaccharide, negatively |
Answer» C. monosaccharide, positively | |
3. |
A_wide_range_of_host_cell_lines_are_available_and_commonly_used_human_cell_lines_are_obtained_from:$ |
A. | kidney |
B. | liver |
C. | lymphoblast from leukaemia patient |
D. | both kidney and lymphoblast from a leukaemia patient |
Answer» E. | |
4. |
Splicing of the transcripts is necessary for efficient expression. Is the given statement true or false? |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
5. |
SV40 is a virus and it produces how many transcripts? |
A. | 1 |
B. | 2 |
C. | 3 |
D. | 4 |
Answer» C. 3 | |
6. |
In _____ cells, virus replication doesn’t take place and viral DNA _____$ |
A. | non-permissive, is also not expressed |
B. | permissive, is also not expressed |
C. | non-permissive, can be expressed |
D. | non-permissive, is always expressed |
Answer» D. non-permissive, is always expressed | |
7. |
Cells_whose_contents_have_been_removed_and_replaced,_by_swelling_and_shrinking_in_solutions_of_suitable_osmotic_strength_are_called_as: |
A. | protoplast |
B. | ghosts |
C. | shrunken cells |
D. | vacuole |
Answer» C. shrunken cells | |
8. |
Histidinol dehydrogenase allows synthesis of histidine from exogenous histanol. Is the given statement true or false? |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
9. |
Resistance to methotrexate, which inhibits the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) is used as selectable marker. This enzyme is involved in synthesis of _____ carbon units and is required for _____ biosynthesis. |
A. | two, nucleoside |
B. | two, nucleotide |
C. | one, nucleotide |
D. | one, nucleoside |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
Resistance to bleomycin (zeocin) is used as a selectable marker for mammalian cultured cells and its function is: |
A. | DNA damaging agent |
B. | DNA synthesis promoter |
C. | Inhibiting RNA synthesis |
D. | Activating RNA synthesis |
Answer» B. DNA synthesis promoter | |
11. |
Puromycin, is a protein synthesis inhibitor. It is conferred by_______ gene: |
A. | streptococcal |
B. | bacilovirus |
C. | streptomyces |
D. | both streptococcal and streptomyces |
Answer» D. both streptococcal and streptomyces | |
12. |
Hygromycin is used as a selectable marker in mammalian cultured cells. It is used for: |
A. | initiating protein synthesis |
B. | inhibiting protein synthesis |
C. | initiating DNA binding process |
D. | inhibiting DNA binding process |
Answer» C. initiating DNA binding process | |
13. |
Cells deficient in thymidine kinase (TK) are also killed in HAT medium. Is the given statement true or false? |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
14. |
Presence of wild-type DNA onto the HGPRT– in the presence of _______ led to DNA uptake and stable transformation.$ |
A. | lithium acetate |
B. | calcium phosphate |
C. | sodium chloride |
D. | aluminum sulphate |
Answer» C. sodium chloride | |
15. |
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is caused by deficiency of the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT). Cells deficient in HGPRT die in a medium containing which of the following? |
A. | Hypoxanthine and thymidine |
B. | Thymidine |
C. | Aminopterin and thymidine |
D. | Hypoxanthine, thymidine and aminopterin (HAT medium) |
Answer» E. | |