Golden rice is:

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(a)

A variety of rice grown along the yellow river in China

(b)

Long stored rice having yellow colour tint

(c)

A transgenic rice having gene for \(\beta \)-carotene

(d)

Wild variety of rice with yellow coloured grains

The first clinical gene therapy was done for the treatment of:

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(a)

AIDS

(b)

Cancer

(c)

Cystic fibrosis

(d)

SCID (Serve Combined Immuno Deficiency resulting from deficiency of ADA)

ADA is an enzyme which is deficient in a genetic disorder SCID. What is the full form of ADA?

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(a)

Adenosine deoxyaminase

(b)

Adenosine deaminase

(c)

Aspartate deaminase

(d)

Arginine deaminase

Silencing of a gene could be achieved through the use of:

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(a)

short interfering RNA (RNAi)

(b)

antisense RNA

(c)

by both

(d)

none of the above

The trigger for activation of toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis is

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(a)

acidic pH of stomach

(b)

high temperature.

(c)

alkaline pH of gut.

(d)

mechanical action in the insect gut.