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Why is bacteria used for DNA cloning?
Bacteria with the correct plasmid are used to make more plasmid DNA or, in some cases, induced to express the gene and make protein.
What are the benefits of bacterial cloning?
Method of gene cloning is useful in studying the structure and function of genes in detail. Medical Applications: In medicine, cloned bacteria plays important role for the synthesis of vitamins, hormones and antibiotics. Agricultural Applications: cloning in Bacteria facilitates nitrogen fixation in plants.
What is the advantage of using a bacterial plasmid to produce DNA?
Plasmids are small, circular DNA molecules that replicate separately from the much larger bacterial chromosome. They are a good tool in gene cloning because they carry few genes and can be manipulated very easily.
Why is bacterial transformation important?
Transformation is the process by which foreign DNA is introduced into a cell. Transformation of bacteria with plasmids is important not only for studies in bacteria but also because bacteria are used as the means for both storing and replicating plasmids.
What is the importance of plasmids in bacteria?
Plasmids are important for bacterial evolution and adaptation to the changing environment, as they carry genes which carry beneficial traits for the bacterial cell. Different types of plasmids can coexist in one bacterial cell.
Why do we do bacterial transformation?
Bacterial transformation is used: To make multiple copies of DNA, called DNA cloning. To make large amounts of specific human proteins, for example, human insulin, which can be used to treat people with Type I diabetes. To genetically modify a bacterium or other cell.
What is the purpose of a bacterial transformation?
Bacterial transformation is a key step in molecular cloning, the goal of which is to produce multiple copies of a recombinant DNA molecule. Prior steps for creating recombinant plasmids are described in traditional cloning basics and involve insertion of a DNA sequence of interest into a vector backbone.
Why plasmid is an important tool in biotechnology?
Plasmids are important tools in biotechnological experiments because they act as vehicles for introducing foreign DNA in to the host cell. They have ability to replicate in host cell.