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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 12 - 9. Biotechnology: Principles and Processes

In cloning vectors, antibiotic resistant genes are helpful for

  1. A transfer of foreign gene to the host
  2. B selection of recombinants
  3. C making the host cells competent
  4. D cleaving of vector by REN
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(B) selection of recombinants

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(B) selection of recombinants,
Antibotic resistance gene present in the vector is mainly used for the selection of transformed bacterial cell.The non-transformed cell failed to survive in the antibiotic containing media during the selection process.