Which of the following is produced commercially using genetically engineered bacteria? |
Progestogens Testosterone Penicillin Human insulin . |
Human insulin . |
In 1983, Eli Lilly an American company prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B, chains of human insulin and introduced them in plasmids of E. coli to produce insulin chains. Chains A and B were produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulfide bonds to form human insulin. |