Worksheet – Recombinant DNA technology

1. The enzyme restriction enzyme is named as ‘restriction’-

a) They produce cut at specific site in DNA molecule.
b) Cleaving of phosphodiester bond in DNA by the enzyme.
c) Prevention of the multiplication of bacteriophage by the host bacteria.
d) All of the above
2. Which of the following is an example of ‘shuttle vectors’-
a) .pBR322 b) pBR313 c) YEp d) pUC19
3. The vectors lambda is isolated from –
a) Bacteriophages b) Escherichia coli c) Bacillus amyloliquifaciens d) M13
4. An antibiotic resistance gene in a vector usually helps in selection of –
a) Competent bacterial cell
b) Transformed bacterial cell
c) Recombinant bacterial cells
d) None of the above
5. Which of the following is not a source of restriction enzyme-
a) Haemophilus influenza b) Escherichia coli
c) Entamoeba coli d) Bacillus amyloliquifaciens

6. Which of the following steps are catalysed by Taq polymerase in a PCR reaction-
a) Denaturation of template DNA
b) Annealing of primers to template DNA
c) Extension of primer end on the template DNA
d) All of the above.
7. A bacterial cell was transformed with a recombinant DNA molecule that was generated
using a human gene. However, the transformed cells did not produce the desired
protein. The reason could be-
a) Human gene may have intron which bacteria cannot process.
b) Amino acid codons for humans and bacteria are different.
c) Human protein is formed but degraded by bacteria.
d) All of the above.
8. Describe the role of CaCl2 in the preparation of competent cell.
9. A plasmid without a selectable marker was chosen as vector for cloning a gene. How
does this affect the experiment?
10. What is the significance of adding proteases at the time of isolation of DNA.
11. Describe the role of Agrobacterium tumefaciens in transforming a plant cell.
12. How transformation process of gene transfer differs from transfection?