A protein that was isolated by a team of university scientists is suspected to be expressed on a yet to be identified lymphocyte. Outline a series of experiments that you would design to identify the cells expressing the protein. Solution The protein expressing gene is identified on DNA. The gene of interest and the plamid are cut with same restriction endonuclease. The obtained gene is inserted in the plasmid. The plasmid is transformed into cell line. The transformed plasmid containing a marker gene such as antibiotic resistance gene or LacZ is useful to screen the presence of newly transformed gene. Screening for the presence of desired gene is done by hybridization or other molecular techniques. The desired gene expression can be studied by gene knockout or RNA interference..