Obtaining Gene Product

Q. Which of the following organisms is used in the production of human insulin by genetic engineering?

1. Escherichia coli
2. Agrobacterium tumefaciens
3. Bacillus thuringiensis
4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Q. What are the objectives of transferring the rDNA into a living host?

1. To increase the copy of rDNA naturally
2. All the above
3. To start the formation of protein that the gene of interest encodes
4. To make the rDNA to move along the generation of the host organism

Q. What could the mass culture of transgenic organisms achieve?

1. More organism that can survive the harsh environment
2. More organism for research purpose..
3. Industrial scale production of protein that is encoded by the transgene
4. All the above.

Q. Regarding assertion and reason, select the correct option:

Assertion: Extraction and purification of enzyme is laborious and expensive
Reason: Protein engineering can be used to produce enzymes at large scale.

1. Both the assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation for the assertion.
2. Both the assertion and reason are true but the assertion is not the correct explanation of the reason.
3. Assertion is true but the reason is false
4. Both the assertion and reason are false.