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Cohen and his coworkers transferred genes from S. aureus to E.coli. Which of the following statement is correct regarding this experiment?

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An Escherichia coli plasmid was used to transfer penicillin resistance from S. aureus to E.coli
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A Staphylococcusaureus plasmid was used to transfer tetracycline resistance gene from E. coli to S. aureus
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E.Coli plasmid was used to transfer tetracycline resistance gene to S. aureus
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None of the above
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The correct option is A An Escherichia coli plasmid was used to transfer penicillin resistance from S. aureus to E.coli
Cohen and his coworkers for the first time introduced genes belonging to a different species in bacterium E.coli. They used penicillin resistance gene from a plasmid in another bacterium S.aureus. This plasmid was cut using EcoRI.The plasmid had four restriction sites and generated four fragments one of which contained gene of interest , penicillin resistance gene.The E.coli plasmid pSC101 was used as vector which had tetracycline resistance gene. The recombinant E. Coli had dual resistance over tetracycline as well as penicillin.

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