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Question
Diagrammatically represent the experimental steps in cloning and expressing an human gene (say the gene for growth hormone) into a bacterium like E. coli?
Solution
The given diagram represents the experimental steps in cloning and expressing a human gene for growth hormone into a bacterium E. coli:
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