Genetically-engineered human insulin is obtained by inserting the gene in ______
a) pancreatic cells
b) E. coli
c) Agrobacterium tumafaciens
d) Drosophila melanogaster
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a ) is the correct answer
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a) pancreatic cells
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Insulin is used for diabetes and it was earlier extracted from the pancreas of slaughtered pigs and cattle. Insulin extracted from an animal may cause some patients to develop an allergy or other kinds of reactions to the foreign protein. Insulin made up of two short polypeptide chains named chain A and chain B, both the chains are linked together by disulfide bonds.
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