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Molecular Basis Of Inheritance

Question
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Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures?

  • Nicotine

  • Morphine

  • Quinine

  • Insulin

Solution

D.

Insulin

Nowadays, genetically engineered insulin is being produced at commercial level. the biotechnological procedure involves the synthesis of two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B insulin chains. The two DNA sequences or genes are made to fuse with plasmids and later allowed to form insulin chains.