Biotechnology is the application of technology to alter the different biological concepts and ideas. How much do you know of biotechnology? How about its application to the modern world? Find out below and all the best.
No gene
Genes in transposition
Genes with no function to perform
Genes of another organism
Biotechnology
Bacillus tomentosa
Bacillus thuringiensis
Best type
Transgene
Promoter
Reporter
Enhancer
An insect
A bacterium
A wild relative of cotton
A virus
Human insulin
Penicillin
Interferon
Fertility factor
Escherichia coili
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Bacillus thuringiensis
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A protein produced by Hordeum vulgare, which is rich in lysine
A toxic molecule isolated from Gossypium hirsutum, which reduces human fertility
A protein produced from transgenic Brassica napus which prevents blood clotting
Antibiotic produced by a genetically engineered bacterium E.coli
Biological control of soil borne plant pathogens
Bioremediation of contaminated soils
Reclamation of wastelands
Gene transfer in higher plants
Nematodes
Flies
Mosquitoes
Boll worms
Reduce herbicide accumulation in food articles for health safety
Eliminate weeds from the field without the use of the manual labour
Eliminate weeds from the field without the use of herbicides
Encourage eco- friendly herbicides
Saccharomyces
Escherichia
Mycobacterium
Rhizobium
Periodic infusion of genetically engineered lymphocytes having functional ADA and DNA
Administering adenosine deaminase activators
Introducing bone marrow cells producing ADA into cells at early embryonic stages
Enzyme replacement therapy
Produced by somatic embryo in artificial medium
Generated by introducing foreign DNA into a cell and generating a plant from that cell
Produced after protoplast fusion in artificial medium
Grown in artificial medium after hybridization in the field
Golden rice
Flavr Savr Tomatoes
Stralink maize
Bt Soyabean
RNA polymerse producing DNA
A cell displaying a foreign antigen used for synthesis of antigens
Production of somaclonal variants in tissue cultures
When a piece of RNA that is complementary in sequence is used to stop expression of a specific gene
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