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Which of the following best explains the purpose of including antibiotic-resistant genes in plasmids used as vectors for cloning human genes?

A. Facilitates growth of the bacterial plasmid in human cells
B. Permits selection against bacterial cells tht do not acquire a plasmid
C. Prevents the clones from growing outside the laboratory
D. Regulates expression of the inserted human gene


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  #2

B

  #3

agree.

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  #4

I thought it was B .. but ANY CLUE to it .. Someone .. !

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  #5

if the plasmid has an antibacterial resistance gene, you can put all of the supposedly transformed cells on an antiobiotic medium. Only the cells that took up the plasmid will survive since they will have the plasmid with the antibiotic resistance gene

  #6

B...self explanatory







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