$Escherichia$ $coli$ $(E. coli)$ is widely used in biological research because:

  • A
    It can be easily cultured.
  • B
    It is easily available.
  • C
    Its maintenance is simple.
  • D
    It can easily multiply in the host.

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Assertion : In recombinant $DNA$ technology,human genes are often transferred into bacteria (prokaryotes) or yeast (eukaryote).
Reason : Both bacteria and yeast multiply very fast to form huge population,which express the desired gene.

Match the following columns:
Column-$I$Column-$II$
$(a)$ $EFB$$(1)$ Recognition sequence
$(b)$ Biotechnology$(2)$ Molecular scissors
$(c)$ Restriction enzyme$(3)$ Definition of biotechnology
$(d)$ Palindromic sequence$(4)$ Test tube baby

Assertion : $Agrobacterium$ $tumefaciens$ is popular in genetic engineering because this bacterium is associated with the roots of all cereal and pulse crops.
Reason : $A$ gene incorporated in the bacterial chromosomal genome gets automatically transferred to the crop with which the bacterium is associated.

Recombinant $DNA$ technology is related with

Find the correct match.
$I$$II$$III$
$(a)$ $PCR$$(i)$ Specific base sequence$p.$ $Taq$ polymerase
$(b)$ Downstream processing$(ii)$ Inheritable gene$q.$ Ampicillin resistant
$(c)$ Restriction endonuclease$(iii)$ Amplification of $DNA$$r.$ $E. coli$
$(iv)$ Product separation and modification$s.$ Quality control

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