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Cells deficient in thymidine kinase (TK) are also killed in HAT medium.

(a) True

(b) False

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This intriguing question originated from Cultured Cells in Mammals and Restricted Areas in Intact Organisms in section Using Other Organisms of Genetic Engineering

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The correct option is (a) True

To explain I would say: Cells deficient in thymidine kinase are also killed in HAT medium. It is so because pyrimidine synthesis is also blocked in the presence of aminopterin and utilization of thymidine in the HAT medium requires a functional TK.

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