The bacterium used by 'Eli Lilly', an American Company, to produce insulin chains is :
(1) Bacillus thuringiensis
(2) Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(3) Escherichia coli
(4) Streptococcus pneumoniae
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A
Bacillus thuringiensis
B
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
C
Escherichia coli
D
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Correct Answer
Escherichia coli
Detailed Explanation
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.
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