Question

state the role of bacteria in genetic engineering name any two commonly used vector give reasons as to why they are used?

Answer 1

Dear student,
The bacteria are widely used in genetic engineering for various processes such as manufacturing the human insulin hormone, enzymes, and proteins.

Two commonly used vector-
Bacteriophage- they can infect bacterial cells and can easily inject their DNA into bacterial cells.
Plasmid- They have circular double-stranded DNA, can self-replicate.

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