The transducing particles carry only specific portions of the bacterial genome in which of the following transduction? None of these Specialized transduction Abortive transduction General transduction TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which type of plasmid can exist with or without being integrated into the host's chromosome? Medisome Lysogen Episome Lisosome TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Who discovered transposons (jumping genes)? Harvey McClintock Griffith Abelson TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following type of recombination does not require homologous sequences and is important for the integration of viral genomes into bacterial chromosomes? General recombination Site-specific recombination Replicative recombination Mutagenic recombimation TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Inverted repeat sequences at each end and a gene encoding transposase is contained in which of the following transposable element? Composite transposon Virus Insertion element Plasmid TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The main difference between a self-transmissible and a mobilizable plasmid is that the self-transmissible plasmid carries genes encoding the mating apparatus transfers both strands of the plasmid DNA transfers antibiotic resistance genes usually has a transposon inserted into it TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
R factors involved in plant-microbe interactions are essential for transfer of DNA to plant cells also called opines plant proteins bacterial proteins TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
What information can be generated by interrupted mating experiments? Bacterial genome maps Proteomics of the bacteria Levels of DNA homology DNA nucleotide sequences TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The type of recombination that commonly occurs between a pair of homologous DNA sequences is, site-specific recombination replicative recombination general recombination mutagenic recombination TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
F factor plasmids play a major role in trasnscription replication transduction conjugation TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?