NEET 2014 Biology question

The first human hormone produced by recombinant DNA technology is

(1)InsulinCorrect
(2)Estrogen
(3)Thyroxin
(4)Progesterone

Answer: (1)

Solution

Human insulin (Humulin) was the first recombinant human hormone, produced by Eli Lilly in 1983 by expressing the separate A and B chains of the human gene in E. coli and joining them by disulphide

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Question ID VK-091599