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Ch. 9 - Biotechnology & DNA Technology
Tortora - Microbiology: An Introduction 14th Edition
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5장, 문제 5

If you put a gene in a virus, the next step in genetic modification would be
a. insertion of a plasmid.
b. transformation.
c. transduction.
d. PCR.
e. Southern blotting.

검증된 단계별 안내
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Step 1: Understand the context of the problem, which involves genetic modification using a virus as a vector to carry a gene.
Step 2: Recall that after inserting a gene into a virus, the next step is to introduce this virus into a host cell to deliver the gene.
Step 3: Identify the process by which viruses transfer genetic material into bacterial cells, which is known as transduction.
Step 4: Review the other options: insertion of a plasmid involves plasmids, transformation is uptake of naked DNA, PCR is amplification of DNA, and Southern blotting is a detection method, none of which directly follow gene insertion into a virus.
Step 5: Conclude that the correct next step after putting a gene into a virus is the process of transduction, where the virus transfers the gene into the target cells.

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Genetic Modification Using Viruses

Viruses can be used as vectors to deliver foreign genes into host cells, a process central to genetic modification. This involves inserting a gene into the viral genome, which then infects the target cell, introducing the new genetic material.
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Transduction

Transduction is the process by which viruses transfer genetic material from one bacterium to another. It is a natural mechanism exploited in genetic engineering to introduce new genes into cells using viral vectors.
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Transduction

Transformation vs. Transduction

Transformation involves uptake of naked DNA by cells, while transduction uses viruses to transfer DNA. Understanding the difference helps identify the correct step after inserting a gene into a virus, which is transduction, not transformation.
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Transduction