Which of the following is not a cloning vector?
- YAC
- pBR322
- Probe
- BAC
Answer
(3) Probe
Solution
YAC (yeast artificial chromosome), BAC (bacterial artificial chromosome) and the plasmid pBR322 are cloning vectors.
A probe is a labelled single-stranded DNA/RNA used to detect a complementary sequence (e.g. in hybridisation); it is not a vector.
Answer: (3)