What is the primary purpose of using vectors in animal cell culture?

Practice Questions

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What is the primary purpose of using vectors in animal cell culture?
  1. To enhance cell growth
  2. To introduce foreign DNA
  3. To provide nutrients
  4. To increase cell size

Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions

What is the primary purpose of using vectors in animal cell culture?
  • Step 1: Understand what vectors are. Vectors are tools used to carry and deliver genetic material into cells.
  • Step 2: Know that animal cell culture involves growing animal cells in a controlled environment.
  • Step 3: Recognize that sometimes scientists want to add new genes to these cells to study them or produce proteins.
  • Step 4: Learn that vectors help introduce this new DNA into the animal cells.
  • Step 5: Realize that the primary purpose of using vectors is to enable gene expression, which means making the proteins that the new genes code for.
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