Human insulin is being commericially produced from a transgenic species of
Escherichia
Mycobacterium
Rhizobium
Rhizobium
A.
Escherichia
In 1983 an American company Eli Lily produced the first genetically engineered insulin by first synthesizing two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B insulin chains. The two DNA sequences or genes were made to fuse wit plasmids of Escherichia coli and alter allowed to form insulin chains.
Rhizobium is a Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, non-spore forming symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacterium. It is an acute bacterial infection of the lungs lymph and meninges.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is known as Baker's Yeast and Saccharomyces ellipsoids is wine yeast a these are used in baking and brewing industry respectively.
Consider the following four measure (A-D) that could be taken to successfully grow chickpea in an area where bacterial blight disease is common
A) spray with Bordeaux mixture
B) control of the insect vector of the disease pathogen
C) Use of only disease-free seeds
D) Use of varieties resistant to the disease
Which two fo the above measures can control the disease?
B and C
A and B
C and D
C and D
Which one of the following is the correct statement regarding the particular psychotropic drug specified
Hashish cause alter thought perceptions and hallucinations
Opium stimulates nervous system and cause hallucinations
Morphine leds to delusions and disturbed emotions
Morphine leds to delusions and disturbed emotions
To which type of barriers under innate immunity, do the saliva in the mouth and the tears the eyes, belong?
Cytokine barriers
cellular barriers
Physiological barriers
Physiological barriers
Ascaris is characterised by
the absence of true coelom but the presence of metamerism
the presence of neither true coelom nor metamerism
the presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism
the presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism
If you suspect major deficiency of antibodies in a person, to which of the following would you look for confirmatory evidence?
Serum albumins
Serum globulins
Fibrinogen in the plasma
Fibrinogen in the plasma
The 'blue baby' syndrome results from
excess of chloride
methaemoglobin
excess of dissolved oxygen
excess of dissolved oxygen
A person showing unpredictable moods, outbursts of emotion, quarrelsome behaviour and conflicts with others is suffering from
schizophrenia
borderline personality disorder (BPD)
mood disorders
mood disorders
HIV that causes AIDS, first starts destroying
B-lymphocytes
leucocytes
thrombocytes
thrombocytes
