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You need to make a transgenic animal which will produce a protein that dissolves blood clots. Which of the following transgenes will you use?


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BRCA1

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Actin gene

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t-PA gene

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Cry gene

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Solution

The correct option is C

t-PA gene


Transgenic mice have been engineered to produce a protein that dissolves thrombi or blood clots in heart attacks called t-PA or human tissue plasminogen activator. The human gene for t-PA was fused with the mouse promoter gene for acidic whey protein which isthe most common protein found in milk. Thus, the human t-PA protein was produced in the milk of the mouse and was easily obtained in high quantities.


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