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DNA transfer - class-XII

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Which of the following is required for microinjection method of gene transfer?

  1. Microparticles

  2. Micropipettes

  3. Divalent cations

  4. UV radiations


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Micro-injection method is the direct or vectorless method of gene transfer, in which foreign DNA is directly injected into the nucleus of animal cell or plant cell by using micro-needles or micro-pipettes. It is used to transfer DNA in oocytes, eggs and embryo.
So, the correct answer is 'Micropipettes'.

The term "competent" refers to

  1. Increasing the competition between cells

  2. Making cells impermeable for DNA

  3. Increasing the efficiency with which DNA enters the bacterium through pores in its cell wall

  4. Making cells permeable for divalent cations


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Transformation is a process by which a cell takes up naked DNA fragment from the environment, incorporates it into its own chromosomal DNA and finally expresses the trait controlled by the incoming DNA. Since DNA is a hydrophilic molecule, it can not pass through membranes, so the bacterial cells must be made competent to take up DNA. This is done by treating them with a specific concentration of a divalent cation, such as calcium ($Ca^{2+}) which increases the efficiency with which DNA enters the bacterium through pores in its cell wall.
So, the correct answer is 'Increasing the efficiency with which DNA enters the bacterium through pores in its cell wall'.

Micro-injection is a method used to

  1. Produce sticky ends of DNA

  2. Provide protection against pathogen

  3. Purify the DNA

  4. Inject recombinant DNA into the nucleus of an animal cell


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Micro-injection is a method used to Inject a recombinant DNA into the nucleus of an animal cell. This is the only way to introduce alien DNA into host cells. 

So, the correct option is 'Option D' .

If a person obtains transformants by inserting a recombinant DNA within the coding sequence of enzyme -galactosidase, he will separate out recombinants from non-recombinants by which of the following observations?

  1. Non-recombinant colonies do not produce any colour whereas recombinants give blue coloured colonies

  2. Recombinant colonies do not produce any colour whereas non-recombinants give blue coloured colonies

  3. Recombinants and non-recombinants both produce blue coloured colonies

  4. No colonies are formed due to insertional inactivation


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Alternative selectable markers have been developed which differentiate recombinants from the non-recombinants on the basis of their ability to produce colour in the presence of a chromogenic substrate. In this, a recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of an enzyme, ( -galactosidase. This results into inactivation of the enzyme, which is referred i to as insertional inactivation. The presence of a chromogenic j substrate gives blue coloured colonies if the plasmid in the bacteria does not have an insert. Presence of insert results into insertional inactivation of the -galactosidase and the colonies do not produce any colour, these are identified as recombinant colonies.

In the process of insertional inactivation ________________.

  1. A recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of enzyme -galactosidase, resulting in inactivation of the enzyme

  2. A recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of proteins involved in the replication of the plasmid

  3. A recombinant DNA is inserted within the recognition site for EcoRI

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Alternative selectable markers have been developed which differentiate recombinants from the non-recombinants on the basis of their ability to produce colour in the presence of a chromogenic substrate. In this, a recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of an enzyme, ( -galactosidase. This results into inactivation of the enzyme, which is referred i to as insertional inactivation. The presence of a chromogenic j substrate gives blue coloured colonies if the plasmid in the bacteria does not have an insert. Presence of insert results into insertional inactivation of the -galactosidase and the colonies do not produce any colour, these are identified as recombinant colonies.

If a recombinant DNA bearing gene for resistance to antibiotic ampicillin is transferred to E.coli cells, the host cells become transformed into ampicillin-resistant cells. If such bacteria are transferred on agar plates containing ampicillin, only transformants will grow and the untransformed recipient cells will die. The product produced by transformant bacteria that digests the ampicillin antibiotic is called as - 

  1. Selectable marker

  2. Recombinant protein

  3. Cloning site

  4. Chemical scalpels


Correct Option: B

The correct sequence of making a cell competent is

  1. Treatment with divalent cations incubation of cells with recombinant DNA on ice heat shock ($42^0$C) placing on ice

  2. Heat shock ($42^0$C) incubation of cells with recombinant DNA on ice treatment with divalent cations placing on ice

  3. Treatment with divalent cations placing on ice incubation of cells with recombinant DNA on ice heat shock ($42^0$C)

  4. Incubation of cells with recombinant DNA on ice heat shock ($42^0$C) treatment with divalent cations placing on ice


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In order to force a bacteria to take up the plasmid , the bacterial cells must to be made competent. This is done by treating them with a specific concentration of divalent cations such as calcium which increases the efficiency with which the DNA molecule enters into the bacteria through pores in its cell wall. Recombinant DNA then forced into such cells by incubating the cells with recombinant DNA on ice followed by placing them immediately at heat shock and then again into ice. This enables the bacteria to take up the recombinant DNA. 

So, the correct option is 'Option A' .

Statement 1 : In insertional inactivation, blue colour produced by bacterial colonies indicates that the plasmid does not have an insert into the bacterial genome. 
Statement 2: Presence of insert results into insertional inactivation of -galactosidase enzyme and the colonies do not produce any colour.

  1. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

  2. Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is incorrect

  3. Statement 1 is incorrect but statement 2 is correct

  4. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Selectable markers have been developed which differentiate recombinants from non- recombinants on the basis of their ability to produce colour in the presence of a chromogenic substrate. In this, a recombinant DNA is inserted within the coding sequence of an enzyme B-galactosidase. This results into an  insertional inactivation. The presence of chromogenic substrate gives blue coloured colonies if the plasmid in bacteria does not have an insert. Presence of insert results into insertional inactivation of a^-galactosidase enzyme and the colonies do not produce any colour, these are identified as recombinant colonies. 

So, the correct option is 'Option A' .

rDNA is

  1. Genomic RNA of virus

  2. Genomic RNA that produces DNA through reverse transcription

  3. DNA found in ribosome

  4. DNA segment speciaiised to form rRNA


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ribosomal DNA (rDNA) is a DNA sequence that codes for ribosomal RNA. Ribosomes are assemblies of proteins and rRNA molecules that translate mRNA molecules to produce proteins. In the nucleus, the rDNA region of the chromosome is visualized as a nucleolus which forms expanded chromosomal loops with rDNA.

So, the correct answer is 'DNA segment speciaiised to form rRNA.'

Direct visual selection method for the selection of recombinant host cells on the basis of their inability to produce colour in the presence of chromogenic substrate can be applied if the vector used is a

  1. Modified plasmid vector of E.coli

  2. Modified bacteriophage

  3. Modified Agrobacterium tumifaciens plasmid

  4. Disarmed retroviruse


Correct Option: A

Chimeric DNA is

  1. Gene clone

  2. Recombinant - DNA

  3. Transposon

  4. Vector shuttle


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Recombinant DNA molecules are sometimes called chimeric DNA, because they can be made of material from two different species, like the mythical chimera.
  • A chimera is essentially a single organism that is made up of cells from two or more individuals—that is, it contains two sets of DNA, with the code to make two separate organisms.
  •  R-DNA technology uses palindromic sequences and leads to the production of sticky and blunt ends.
So, the correct answer is 'Recombinant - DNA'.

Two bacteria found to be very useful in genetic engineering experiment are

  1. Nitrosomonas and Klebsiella

  2. Escherichia and Agrobacterium

  3. Nitrobacter and Azotobacter

  4. Rhizobium and Diplococcus


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Till today, the most important in genetic engineering of plants has been the Ti plasmid of soil bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. E.Coli  has been extensively used as "work horse" for genetic engineering e.g., production of humulin, somatotropin. E. coli is one of the most thoroughly studied of all living things. It is a favorite organism for genetic engineering as cultures of it can be made to produce unlimited quantities of the product of an introduced gene. Several important drugs (insulin, for example) are now manufactured in E. coli. Thus, option B is correct. Nitrosomonas, Klebsiella, Nitrobacter, Azotobacter, Rhizobium and Diplococcus are not used in genetic engineering.

Which of the following most used in genetic engineering?

  1. E.coil and Agrobacterium

  2. Mycobacteria and Salmonella

  3. Aspergillus

  4. Penicillium


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Genetic engineering is a branch of science that uses various biotechnological techniques to manipulate an organism's genome to  create species with desired traits. However, the process involves isolation, transfer and insertion of the new genetic material into host genomes and storage of genomes in organisms and selective markers for an indefinite period. Experiments have shown that certain bacteria has the ability to naturally take in and express foreign DNA.  It has been found that of these,  E.coli  has the ability to transfer DNA laterally to and from other species while Agrobacterium  can transfer genes to plants and fungi by causing crown gall disease.

Two bacteria most useful in genetic engineering are

  1. Rhizobium and Azotobacter

  2. Escherichia and Agrobacterium

  3. Rhizobium and Diplococcus

  4. Nitrosomonas and Klebsiella


Correct Option: B

Competent host in recombinant DNA technology is __________________.

  1. Any human cancer cell

  2. The cell ready to update align DNA

  3. A host cell without cell wall

  4. Agrobacterium cell


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Option 'D' is correct.


Competent host is recombinant DNA technology is Agrobacterium cell. Competent host cell is required for transformation with recombinant DNA. Different types of available host cells are like E.cola, yeast, animal and plant cells. Eukaryotic cells will be preferred host, yeast-cells are preferred because this are simple eukaryotic organism and like bacteria are single-celles, easy to grow manipulated. Bacteria also acts enabled to pick up the recombinant-DNA.

Which of the following is mostly used in genetic engineering experiments?

  1. Bacillus subtilis

  2. Rhizobium

  3. Staphylococcus

  4. Escherichia coli


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Genetic engineering is a branch of science which uses a set of biotechnology techniques and knowledge of cytology and genetics to  bring modifications to an organism's genome.   For such research,  scientists need to store and modify the genes and genetic information from wide range of organisms into organisms that can be easy to transform.  Bacteria more commonly Escherichia coli is used to transform and create the genetically modified bacteria as this can be transformed and stored easily for indefinite periods at -80 C and replicate the modified DNA in short time period.

The uptake of naked DNA by bacteria is called

  1. Conjugation

  2. Transformation

  3. Transfection

  4. Transduction


Correct Option: B

R-II strain of $T 4$ bacteriophage cannot lyse Escherichia coli. Two of its types, R-$II^x$ and R-$II^y$ were allowed to invade the bacterium which lysed because of _________________.

  1. Transformation into wild type

  2. Presence of similar cistrons

  3. Presence of different cistrons

  4. Absence of mutation


Correct Option: A

The colonies of recombinant bacteria appear white in contrast to blue colonies of nonrecombinant bacteria because of

  1. Inactivation of glycosidase enzyme in recombinant bacteria

  2. Nonrecombinant bacteria contain beta galactosidase

  3. Insertional inactivation of $\alpha$-galactosidase in nonrecombinant bacteria

  4. Insertional inactivation of $\alpha$-galactosidase in recombinant bacteria


Correct Option: D

Changes in transcription after linking the cloned DNA of the putative promoter/enhancer region to cloned DNA of the coding region of an unrelated gene, can be measured rapidly with a high degree of sensitivity using.

  1. Transgenic technology

  2. Reporter gene technology

  3. cDNA technology

  4. Gene transfer technology


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following techniques made it possible to genetically engineer living organisms?

  1. Heavier isotope labelling

  2. Hybridization

  3. Recombinant DNA techniques

  4. X-ray diffraction


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Genetic engineering, also known as recombinant DNA technology, means altering the genes in a living organism to produce a genetically modified organism (GMO) with a new genotype. Various kinds of genetic modification are possible: inserting a foreign gene from one species into another, forming a transgenic organism; altering an existing gene so that its product is changed; or changing gene expression so that it is translated more often or not at all.

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