COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND USES
SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS
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Because they reproduce rapidly and are easy to grow, ____ now produce a host of important substances useful for health and industry.
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Transgenic Plants
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Transgenic Bacteria
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Transgenic Animals
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An example of transgenic bacteria is E. coli. In the plasmid of E. coli, the two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chain of human insulin are inserted, so as to produce the respective human insulin chains.
Detailed explanation-2: -We use bacteria as protein factories Bacteria can translate foreign genes into proteins – and scientists have ways to ensure that the bacteria make the proteins in large amounts. For these reasons, bacteria can function as ‘protein factories’, producing medically important proteins and others.
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