Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Biotechnology -Principles and Processes

Question:

What is "rop" in pBr322?

Options:

Regional Occupational Program.

Receiver Operating Program.

Replication Of Plasmid.

None Of These.

Correct Answer:

Replication Of Plasmid.

Explanation:

pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used E. coli cloning vectors. ROP codes for a protein that is responsible for restricting the plasmid copy number. It is also called a repressor for primers. It is involved in the replication of the plasmid pBR322.