Molecular Genetics of Prokaryotes Problem Set
Problem 5: DNA transfer by an F factor
Correct!
An E. coli strain is F
lac Z met
bio. Cells from this strain are mixed with an E. coli strain that is lac Z met bio and carrying an F' episome with the plac O lac Z DNA sequence on the episome, and cultured for several hours. Then cells were removed, washed, and transferred to minimal media containing lactose as the only sugar source. A few cells were able to grow on minimal media with lactose, and formed colonies. How did these few cells become
lac Z met bio?
A. transformation B. transduction C. sexduction, a special type of conjugation The process by which autonomous pieces of DNA are carried into an Fbacterium by an F factor DNA is called sexduction.
D. conjugation E. transposition
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