To Produce a Recombinant Subunit Vaccine,genes from an Infectious Microbe

question 57

Multiple Choice

To produce a recombinant subunit vaccine,genes from an infectious microbe are genetically engineered into bacteria or yeast.The protein products of the transgenic infectious microbe genes are

• A) antigens.
• B) plasmids.
• C) vectors.
• D) restriction enzymes.

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