MICROBIAL RECOMBINATION AND GENE TRANSFER QUIZ

Mutation

Transformation

Conjugation

Transduction

Competent

Complementary

Infected

Liable

Abelson

McClintock

Harvey

Griffith

site-specific integration of transposable elements

general recombination

viral replication within a genome

None of these

an IS element integrates with another IS element with the help of a plasmid

two IS elements integrate into a chromosome with only a small distance separating them

a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element and plasmid is integrated

a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element

Non-conjugative plasmids

None of these

Cryptic plasmids

Conjugative plasmids

non self-transmissible plasmids

non conjugative plasmids

conjugative plasmids

None of these

by transription

by transformation

simultaneous infection of a host cell by two viruses with homologous chromosomes

by transduction

generalized phage transduction

None of these

natural transformation

conjugal transfer by a self-transmissible plasmid

essential for transfer of DNA to plant cells

also called opines

plant proteins

bacterial proteins