Question

Suppose the human gene coding for hemoglobin is inserted into a bacterial plasmid. A bacterial culture is transformed with the recombinant plasmid. Which of the following statements will be true?

Answer 1

The bacteria will not survive.
The bacteria will produce only human hemoglobin.
The bacterial will produce human hemoglobin and its own bacterial proteins.
The bacteria will produce human hemoglobin and other human proteins.

Answer 2

@queenofnothing @radar @thadyoung

Answer 3

C

Answer 4

thx

Answer 5

could you explain plz @Niko_De_Angelo

Answer 6

In heterologous expression the host cells needs to survive so i) needs to produce its own machinery and ii) the inserted gene not be toxic.