HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Genetic engineering has been used to produce a type of insulin, very similar to our own, from yeast and bacteria? like E.

Detailed explanation-2: -Recombinant DNA is a technology scientists developed that made it possible to insert a human gene into the genetic material of a common bacterium. This “recombinant” micro-organism could now produce the protein encoded by the human gene. Scientists build the human insulin gene in the laboratory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Human insulin is made from genetically modified E. coli. Insulin-producing genes from humans were transferred into E. coli bacteria, which produced insulin called ‘humulin’ for clinical use using genetic engineering or recombinant DNA technology.

Detailed explanation-4: -Insulin produced by recombinant DNA technology. The gene of interest (ie. Insulin coding gene) is isolated from -cell and inserted in opened plasmid. This recombined plasmid is inserted into suitable host cell (ie E. coli) and now this recombined host cell starts producing insulin hormone.

Detailed explanation-5: -Recombinant Insulin It was first produced in 1983 by an American Biotech company. The trademark name is Humulin® and it is licensed to Eli Lilly, the company which manufactured it for the first time.