Genetically modified (GM) crops can be produced by
(1) recombinant DNA technology
(2) somatic hybridization
(3) cross breeding
(4) micropropagation
Which of the following genes do not occur naturally in living organisms?
(1) Bt genes
(2) RNAi genes
(3) Cry genes
(4) Endogeneous cytoplasmic defense genes
Adenosine deaminase (ADA deficiency) could be permanently cure, if the gene isolated from marrow cells producing ADA is introduced into cell at
(1) early embryonic stages
(2) Late embryonic stages
(3) early childhood
(4) None of the above
The first clinical gene therapy was given for treating
(1) diabetes mellitus
(2) chickenpox
(3) rheumatoid arthritis
(4) adenosine deaminase deficiency
The protein products of the following Bt toxin genes cry I Ac and cry II Ab are responsible for controlling
(1) bollworm
(2) roundworm
(3) moth
(4) fruit fly
Three critical research areas of biotechnology are:
I. Providing the best catalyst in the form of improved organism usually a microbe or pure enzyme
II. Multiple Ovulation Transfer Technology (MOET)
III. Creating optimal conditions through engineering for a catalyst to act.
IV. Downstream processing technologies
(1) I, II, III, IV
(2) I, III, IV
(3) I, II
(4) II and IV
Bt toxin is:
(1) Intracellular lipids
(2) Intracellular crystalline protein
(3) Extracellular crystalline protein
(4) Intracellular polysaccharide
Bt toxin is harmful to insects like:
(1) Lepidoterans (tobacco budworm, armyworms)
(2) Coleopterans (beetles)
(3) Dipterans (flies and mosquito)
(4) All are correct
Antisense RNA is:
(1) RNA that makes opposite sense
(2) RNA that investigators find confusing
(3) The non-coding strand of DNA molecule
(4) RNA that is complementary to certain mRNA
Which of the following statements is false?
I. | Insulin was originally extracted from pancreas of slaughtered pigs and cattle |
II. | Animal insulin is difficult to obtain |
III. | Animal insulin is identical to human insulin |
IV. | Non-human insulin caused some patients to develop allergy |
V. | Recombinant DNA allowed scientists to insert a human insulin gene into a bacterial expression vector |
VI. | Recombinant insulin is actually obtained from E. coli bacterial cell |
1. Only I and II
2. Only III and IV
3. Only III
4. Only VI