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Recombinant DNA-technology is of great importance in the field of medicine. With the help of a flow chart, show how this technology has been used in preparing genetically engineered human insulins.

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Insulin consists of two (short) polypeptide chains (A and B), linked by disulphide bonds, two DNA sequences corresponding to chain A and B prepared (by Eh Lily company), introduced them into plasmid of E. coli, chain A and B produced separately, extracted and combined by creating disulphide bonds.

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Preparation of human insulin using recombinant DNA technology :

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