CBSE 2024 · Region 5 · Set 2 · Q24 · 3 marks
(a)Why must a cell be made 'competent' in biotechnology experiments ? How does calcium ion help in doing so ?(b)State the role of "biolistic gun" in biotechnology experiments.
(a)
Why must a cell be made 'competent' in biotechnology experiments ? How does calcium ion help in doing so ?
(b)
State the role of "biolistic gun" in biotechnology experiments.
Marking-scheme solution
(a)
• Since DNA is a hydrophilic molecule it cannot pass through cell
membrane.
• Calcium increases the efficiency with which DNA enters the
bacterium through pores in its cell wall
(b)
Biolistic guns or gene guns are used to bombard rDNA coated on gold or tungsten particles with high velocity into host (plants) cells.
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