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Identify the desirable characteristics for a plasmid used in rDNA technology from the following
(a) Ability to multiply and express outside the host in a bioreactor
(b) A highly active promoter
(c) A site at which replication can be initiated
(d) One or more identifiable marker genes
(e) One or more unique restriction sites

A

a, c and e only

B

b, c and e only

C

a, c,d and e only

D

b,c,d and e only

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