Consider the following statements regarding Zika Replicon a novel tool developed by scientists for producing zika vaccine 1. Zika replicon system is a novel tool to replicate the Zika virus by stripping it of the genes that make the virus infectious. 2. R

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Q: 14 (Current Affairs-NOV/2016)
Consider the following statements regarding “Zika Replicon” a novel tool developed by scientists for producing zika vaccine
1. Zika replicon system is a novel tool to replicate the Zika virus by stripping it of the genes that make the virus infectious.
2. Replicons are basically segments of viral genome that can replicate on their own, independent of the cellular chromosome.
Which of the above statements are correct?

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Science

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{'zika replicon system': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'zika replicon': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'replicons': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'viral genome': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'zika vaccine': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'zika virus': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'genes': [3, 0, 0, 0], 'virus': [4, 0, 0, 1], 'cellular chromosome': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'novel tool': [0, 0, 0, 1]}