NEET Biology question

Production of a human protein in bacteria by genetic engineering is possible because

(A)Bacterial cells can carry out the RNA splicing reactions
(B)The human chromosome can replicate in a bacterial cell
(C)The mechanism of gene regulation is identical in humans and bacteria
(D)The genetic code is universalCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

Because the genetic code is (nearly) universal, the same codon specifies the same amino acid in humans and bacteria, so a bacterial cell can correctly translate a human gene's mRNA into the corresponding human protein, making option (d)

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