Biotechnology: Principle and ProcessHard

Question

Which one of the following is used as vector for cloning genes into higher organisms ?

Options

A.Baculovirus
B.Salmonella typhimurium
C.Rhizopus nigricans
D.Retrovirus

Solution

Retroviruses are RNA containing animal viruses that replicate through a DNA intermediate. Retroviruses in animal have the ability to transfrom normal cells into cancer ous cells. A better understanding of the act of delivering genes by pathogene in these eukaryotic hosts has generated knowedge to transform these tools of pathogen into useful vector for delivering gene of intrests of humans. Retroviruses have beem disarmed and now used to deliver desirable genes into animal cells.

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