A foreign gene is inserted in pBR 322 using the restriction endonuclease EcoR I. Which of these is true about the E.coli having this pBR 322?

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A foreign gene is inserted in pBR 322 using the restriction endonuclease EcoR I. Which of these is true about the E.coli having this pBR 322? (A) It will be resistant to both antibiotic ampicillin as well as antibiotic tetracycline (B) It will be resistant to antibiotic ampicillin but not resistant to antibiotic tetracycline (C) It will be resistant to antibiotic tetracycline but not resistant to antibiotic ampicillin (D) It will be neither resistant to antibiotic tetracycline nor to antibiotic ampicillin

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Correct answer is (a) It will be resistant to both antibiotic ampicillin as well as antibiotic tetracycline

Q. A foreign gene is inserted in pBR322 using the restriction endonuclease EcoRI. Which of these is true about the E.coli having this pBR322?

It will be resistant to both antibiotic ampicillin as well as antibiotic tetracycline

It will be resistant to antibiotic ampicillin but not resistant to antibiotic tetracycline

It will be resistant to antibiotic tetracycline but not resistant to antibiotic ampicillin

It will be neither resistant to antibiotic tetracycline nor to antibiotic ampicillin

Correct answer is (a) It will be resistant to both antibiotic ampicillin as well as antibiotic tetracycline

Q. A foreign gene is inserted in $pBR 322$ using the restriction endonuclease $E co R I$ . Which of these is true about the $E . co l i$ having this $pBR 322$ ?