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Question 11 Mark
Can you recall meiosis and indicate at what stage a recombinant DNA is made?
Answer
Meiosis I- Pachytene- When recombination nodule appear after synaptonemal complex formation.
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Question 21 Mark
Why is it not possible for an alien DNA to become part of a chromosome anywhere along its length and replicate normally?
Answer
Alien DNA must be linked to ori/origin of replication/site to start replication.
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Question 31 Mark
Name the enzymes that are used for the isolation of DNA from bacterial and fungal cells for recombinant DNA technology.
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Bacteria: Lysozyme, fungi: chitinase.
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Question 41 Mark
How is the action of exonuclease different from that of endonuclease?
Answer
Exonuclease: removes nucleotides from the ends of DNA molecules.
Endonuclease: makes cut at specific position within a DNA.
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Question 51 Mark
Explain the steps involved in the production of genetically engineered insulin.
Answer
Gen for chain A and gene for chain B of insulin are prepared, inserted, into plasmid, of E.coli separately, E.coli cultured and chain extracted, combined by disulphide bonds (to produce human insulin).
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Question 81 Mark
Why is the enzyme cellulase needed for isolating genetic material from plant cells and not from the animal cells?
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Plant cells have cell wall made up of cellulose where as animal cell lack cell wall and do not contain cellulose. Therefore the enzyme cellulose is needed for isolating genetic material for plant cell only.
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Question 91 Mark
How can bacterial DNA be released from the bacterial cell for biotechnology experiments?
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(Breaking the cell open) Treating with lysozyme.
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Question 101 Mark
Suggest a technique to a researcher who needs to separate fragments of DNA.
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Mention the use of gel electrophoresis in biotechnology experiments.
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Gelelectrophoresis.
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Gel electrophoresis is used to separate fragments of DNA cut by restriction endonucleases.
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Question 111 Mark
What is the purpose of using $Mg^{2+}$ during annealing process of PCR?
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$Mg^{2+}$ is required as a cofactor for thermostable DNA polymerase.
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Question 121 Mark
What are the sampling port in a bioreactor?
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The main function of sampling port is to withdraw culture periodically.
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Question 131 Mark
Why is 'plasmid' an important tool in biotechnology experiments?
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Since plasmids can replicate within the bacterial cell independently of the genomic DNA, any alien DNA ligated to it well also multiply, i.e. It is used as a vector as well as in gene cloning.
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Question 141 Mark
What does 'Restriction' refer to in the Restriction endonucleases?
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Restriction refers to the restriction or retardation of multiplication of bacteriophages in a bacterial cell.
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Question 151 Mark
Define modern biotechnology.
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The branch of biotechnology which is done by altering the original DNA sequence of an organisms by using recombinant DNA technology.
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Question 161 Mark
In the year 1963, two enzymes responsible for restricting the growth of bacteriophage in E.coli were isolated. How did the enzymes act to restrict the growth of the bacteriophage?
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  • One of them (exonucleases) added methyl groups to DNA.
  • The other (endonucleases) cut the DNA at specific points within the DNA.
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Question 171 Mark
What is gene gun?
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The instrument for bombarding micro-projectile particles (gold/ tungsten particles) coated with foreign DNA, with great velocity, into a target cell is called gene gun.
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Question 181 Mark
Name the host cells in which micro-injection technique is used to introduce an alien DNA.
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Animal cells.
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Question 191 Mark
Write the importance of the bacterium Thermus aquaticus in polymerase chain reaction.
Answer
It is the source of thermostable DNA-polymerase enzyme.
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Question 211 Mark
Mention the role of restriction enzymes in recombinant DNA technology.
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Restriction enzymes recognise the specific sequence in DNA and cut within that recognition sequence.These enzyme help in cutting the genes and plasmids and produce sticky or blunk end.
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Question 221 Mark
Name the specific sequence of DNA in a plasmid that the 'gene of interest' ligates with, to enable it to replicate.
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Origin of replication (Ori).
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Question 231 Mark
Identify the reason for selection of DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus for Polymerase Chain Reaction.
Answer
DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus remains active during the high temperature induced denaturation of double stranded DNA.
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Question 241 Mark
Name a recombinant vaccine that is currently being used in vaccination program.
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Hepatitis B recombinant vaccine-engerix is used for vaccination of hepatitis virus.
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Question 251 Mark
In the vector and DNA fragments are generated using the same restriction enzyme, how can self-ligation be prevented?
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By using Alkaline phosphatase enzymes.
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Question 261 Mark
State what happens when an alien gene is ligated at Sal I site of $P^{BR\ 322}$ plasmid.
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The recombinant plasmid will lose tetracycline resistance due to inactivation of $tet^R$ gene but can still be selected out from non-recombinants by plating the transformants on ampicillin containing medium.
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Question 281 Mark
Write the function of a bioreactor.
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A bioreactor is a large vessel in which raw materials are biologically converted into specific products individual enzymes, etc., using microbial, plant, animal or human cell.
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Question 291 Mark
Why can not E. coli be used to overproduce penicillin?
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Penicillin will kill the antibiotic sensitive E. coli cells.
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Question 301 Mark
What is a bioreactor?
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It is generally a 100-1000 litre cylindrical metal container with a curved base to facilitate mixing of contents. In bioreactors, raw materials are biologically converted into products.
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Question 311 Mark
Write the two components of the first artificial recombinant DNA molecule constructed by Cohen and Boyer.
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Antibiotic resistance gene and plasmid.
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Question 331 Mark
Before integrating DNA with bacterial plasmid, bacterial cells are treated with calcium. Why?
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DNA is a hydrophillic molecule which can not pass through the cell membrane, so to make it competent to take up DNA, bacterial cells should be treated with divalent cations or calcium so that DNA can enter through the pores of cell wall.
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Question 361 Mark
Give the name of techniques, that are used in genetic engineering.
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Creation of recombinant DNA, gene cloning and gene transfer.
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Question 371 Mark
"The prophase I of meiosis plays a vital role in rDNA formation" Justify the statement.
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This is because crossing over occurs in this phase which helps to produce recombinants.
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Question 381 Mark
What is cloning vector?
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They are carriers or vehicles of desired DNA fragments which can replicate independently to increase copies of desired genes in the host cell, e.g., plasmids, bacteriophages.
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Question 391 Mark
What type of cuts ends are formed when both the strands of DNA is cleaved at exactly the same nucleotide position?
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Blunt or flush ends.
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Question 401 Mark
Name two antibiotic-resistance genes in the PBR 322 of E.coli plasmid.
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Ampicillin-resistance gene and tetracyclin-resistance gene.
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Question 411 Mark
Why is a thermostable DNA polymerase needed in amplification (genetic engineering)?
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Because thermostable DNA polymerase remains active even at high temperature required for extension step of PCR.
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Question 421 Mark
Name the technique that is used to alter the chemistryof genetic material (DNA/ RNA) to obtain the desired result.
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Genetic engineering.
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Question 431 Mark
To use the restriction enzyme to cut the DNA, the DNA must be in a pure form, i.e. free from proteins and RNAs associated with it. How is it achieved?
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  • Proteins are removed by using proteases.
  • RNAs are removed by using ribonucleases (RNases).
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Question 441 Mark
Name the two enzymes that are essential for constructing a recombinant DNA.
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Restriction endonuclease and DNA ligase.
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Question 451 Mark
Expand PCR. Give the name of scientist who discovered this technique.
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PCR refers to Polymerase Chain Reaction. This technique was developed by Kary Mullis in 1985.
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Question 461 Mark
Which enzyme is used to digest walls of bacteria and fungi in genetic engineering?
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Lysozyme digests bacterial wall and chitinase digests fungal cell wall.
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Question 471 Mark
Write the names of the enzymes that are used for isolation of DNA from bacterial and fungal cells respectively for recombinant DNA technique.
Answer
For bacteria- lysozyme.
For fungus- chitinase.
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Question 481 Mark
Why EtBr is used in gel electrophoresis inspite of it being highly carcinogenic?
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Ethidium bromide (EtBr) exchanges its visible range of wavelength with the invisible wavelength of DNA to make it visible under UV light.
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Question 491 Mark
Why are antibiotic-resistance genes used as markers in E.coli?
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It is because the normal E.coli cells do not have resistance to any such antibiotics.
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Question 501 Mark
Why type II restriction enzymes are used in recombinant DNA technology?
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Because they can be used in vitro to recognize and cut within specific DNA sequence typically consisting of 4-8 nucleotides.
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