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  • Question
  • Penicillin resistance in staphylococci is acquired due to


  • Options
  • A. conjugation
  • B. mutation
  • C. transformation
  • D. transduction

  • Correct Answer
  • transduction 


  • Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer problems


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    • 1. Which of the following statement(s) is/are true in regards to F+ x F- mating events?

    • Options
    • A. DNA is transferred from F- to F+ cells
    • B. DNA is transferred from F+ to F- cells
    • C. No DNA is transferred because F- cells are unable to perform conjugation
    • D. No DNA is transferred because F+ cells are unable to perform conjugation
    • Discuss
    • 2. R factors involved in plant-microbe interactions are

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    • A. plant proteins
    • B. bacterial proteins
    • C. essential for transfer of DNA to plant cells
    • D. also called opines
    • Discuss
    • 3. The plasmids can be eliminated from a cell by the process known as

    • Options
    • A. curing
    • B. breaking
    • C. fixing
    • D. expulsion
    • Discuss
    • 4. Recombination of virus genomes occurs

    • Options
    • A. by transduction
    • B. by transription
    • C. simultaneous infection of a host cell by two viruses with homologous chromosomes
    • D. by transformation
    • Discuss
    • 5. A microarray differs from a gene fusion in that, it

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    • A. carries DNA segments from many different genes
    • B. is not constructed by cloning
    • C. gives direct measurement of mRNA level
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following genetic elements carry the genes required for integration into host chromosomes?

    • Options
    • A. Replicon
    • B. Plasmids
    • C. Transposons
    • D. Tandons
    • Discuss
    • 7. Who discovered transposons (jumping genes)?

    • Options
    • A. Abelson
    • B. Harvey
    • C. McClintock
    • D. Griffith
    • Discuss
    • 8. Diagnostic DNA probes have been developed for

    • Options
    • A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
    • B. Hepatitis B virus
    • C. Human immunodeficiency virus
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. When composite transposons are formed

    • Options
    • A. a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element
    • B. a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element and plasmid is integrated
    • C. an IS element integrates with another IS element with the help of a plasmid
    • D. two IS elements integrate into a chromosome with only a small distance separating them
    • Discuss
    • 10. What is the term used for a segment of DNA with one or more genes in the centre and the two ends carrying inverted repeat sequences of nucleotides?

    • Options
    • A. Plasmid
    • B. Transposon
    • C. Insertion sequence
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss


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