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Biotechnology and its Applications — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Bihar BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiotechnology and its Applications2 Marks
Question
State how has Agrobacterium tumifaciens been made a useful cloning vector to transfer DNA to plant cells.
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Answer

Agrobacterium tumifaciens has Ti plasmid, the plasmid modified into a cloning vector, which is no more pathogenic to host plants and is able to deliver genes of interest.

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