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Date November 2017 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 17N.3.SL.TZ0.09a
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ0
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17N.3.SL.TZ0.09a

Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) was used as a vector in the development of a new process for Hepatitis B vaccine production.

[Source: Scholthof, K-B.G. 2000. Tobacco mosaic virus. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2000-1010-01. Updated 2005. © 2018 The American Phytopathological Society. All rights reserved.]

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State the role of a vector in biotechnology.

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carries/transfers genetic material into a cell

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