What is downstream processing?

Important Questions on Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 19

Would you choose an exonuclease for producing a recombinant DNA molecule ?

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 20

Explain gene cloning.

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 21

Explain the importance of agarose gel in biotechnology.

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 22

Explain the contribution of Thermus aquaticus in the amplification of a gene of interest.

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 23

State the difference between simple stirred-tank bioreactor and sparged stirred-tank bioreactor. What are the advantages of these bioreactors?

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 24

Outline how restriction enzymes are used for removing sections of DNA from a chromosome.

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 25

What essential features must be present in a cloning vehicle/cloning vector?

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ISC Biology Class XII>Chapter 11 - Biotechnology: Principles and Processes>Chapter Practice>Q 26

A vector is engineered with three features, which facilitate its cloning within the host cell. List three features and explain each one of them.