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NEET 2012
Exam
NEET
Year
2012
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Biotechnology - Principles and Processes

NEET 2012 · Zoology · Biotechnology - Principles and Processes

A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule...

A single strand of nucleic acid tagged with a radioactive molecule is called

Options

  1. Avector
  2. Bselectable marker
  3. Cplasmid
  4. Dprobe

Correct answer

D. probe

Step-by-step solution

Probes are 15-30 bases long radioactive labelled oligonucleotides (RNA or DNA) used to detect complementary nucleotide sequences, used for disease diagnosis, etc.
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