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    Bt cotton plants are genetically engineered to produce Bt toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, making the cotton resistant to insects. The Bt toxin gene codes for cry proteins that form pores in the midgut cell membranes of insects. The first transgenic cow, Rosie, produced in 1997 was engineered to produce protein-enriched milk containing alpha-lactalbumin.

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    Bt cotton plants are genetically engineered to produce Bt toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, making the cotton resistant to insects. The Bt toxin gene codes for cry proteins that form pores in the midgut cell membranes of insects. The first transgenic cow, Rosie, produced in 1997 was engineered to produce protein-enriched milk containing alpha-lactalbumin.

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    Bt cotton plants are genetically engineered to produce Bt toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, making the cotton resistant to insects. The Bt toxin gene codes for cry proteins that form pores in the midgut cell membranes of insects. The first transgenic cow, Rosie, produced in 1997 was engineered to produce protein-enriched milk containing alpha-lactalbumin.

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    Bt cotton plants are genetically engineered to produce Bt toxins from Bacillus thuringiensis bacteria, making the cotton resistant to insects. The Bt toxin gene codes for cry proteins that form pores in the midgut cell membranes of insects. The first transgenic cow, Rosie, produced in 1997 was engineered to produce protein-enriched milk containing alpha-lactalbumin.

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    Flashcards

    for NEET Biology: Biotechnology and Its Applications

    Resistant to insects
    (lepidopterans, coleopterans
    and dipterans)

    Bt cotton Produced by introducing genes


    of Bacillus thuringiensis, which
    produces Bt toxins into cotton
    plants by genetic engineering

    Insecticidal protein

    Produced by- Bacillus thuringiensis


    (bacteria) as inactive protoxins

    Coded by cry genes; cryIAc and


    cryIIAb- control cotton bollworms,
    Bt Toxin cryIAb- controls corn borer

    Mode of action- protoxin gets


    activated by the alkaline pH of the
    gut and causes lysis of epithelial
    cells of the midgut of insects by
    forming pores in the cell membrane
    RNA interference technique of
    cellular defence is used

    Silencing mRNA of a nematode


    Nematode resistant by introducing genes, which
    formed dsRNA specific to the
    plants nematode, inducing RNAi

    Meloidogyne incognita infects


    the root of tobacco plants
    Flashcards for NEET Biology: Biotechnology and Its Applications

    Genetically engineered insulin

    Produced by- An American


    company Eli Lilly in 1983
    Humulin A and B chains were produced
    separately by inserting genes in
    the plasmid of E.coli

    Does not contain C peptide

    Correction of a genetic defect

    First given to a girl with ADA


    (Adenosine deaminase)
    Gene therapy deficiency in 1990

    The functional ADA cDNA was


    introduced in lymphocytes

    Rosie (1997)

    First transgenic cow Produced protein-enriched milk


    and also contained alpha-
    lactalbumin
    Flashcards for NEET Biology: Biotechnology and Its Applications

    Biological product by a
    transgenic animal for
    𝛼-1-antitrypsin treatment of emphysema

    A short DNA or RNA segment


    tagged with a radioactive
    molecule
    Probe
    Used to search for the
    complementary sequences in a
    genome

    Genetic Engineering Approval


    Committee

    GEAC Indian regulatory body for GM


    research and analysing safety
    of introducing GM organisms for
    public use
    Flashcards for NEET Biology: Biotechnology and Its Applications

    Codes for proteins involved in


    rop plasmid replication

    Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent
    Assay

    First described by
    ELISA Perlmann and Engvall in 1971

    Test to detect antigens,


    antibodies or hormones present
    in a sample

    Use of biological resources


    commercially without
    authorisation and compensatory
    Biopiracy payment to concerned
    authorities and people, where it
    originated

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