AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Insect tolerant gene from Bacillus thurmgiensis is introduced using T, plasmid of

    A)  Escherichia coli

    B)  Haemophilus influenza

    C)  Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    D)  Arabidopsis thaliana

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                     Plant    transformation    mediated    by Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a soil plant pathogenic bacterium, has become the most used method for the introduction of foreign genes into plant cells and the subsequent regeneration    of    transgenic    plants. A. tumefaciens naturally infects the wound sites in dicotyledonous plants causing the formation of the crown gall tumours.


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