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BiologyBiotechnology and Its ApplicationsNEET

Assertion: Eli Lilly prepared two DNA sequences corresponding to A and B chain of human insulin and introduced them in the plasmid of E.coli to produce polypeptide chains of insulin. Reason: Chains A and B were produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulphide bonds to form human insulin.

Answer: (B)

Solution

Both statements are historically accurate descriptions of how Eli Lilly's Humulin was produced, but the reason describes a separate downstream step (extraction and

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