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Biotechnology: Principles and Processes — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Rajasthan BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology: Principles and Processes1 Mark
MCQ
A bacterial cell was transformed with a recombinant DNA that was generated using a human gene. However, the transformed cells did not produce the desired protein. Reasons could be:
  • A
    Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process.
  • B
    Amino acid codons for humans and bacteria are different.
  • C
    Human protein is formed but degraded by bacteria.
  • D
    All of the above.
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Answer

  1. Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process.

Any nucleotide sequence in a gene that is removed by RNA splicing during maturation of final RNA product is called intron. Intron can be different in different organisms.

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