Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 10.9, Problem 2MQ
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The cells containing the nonintegrated F plasmid are known as F+ and cells containing the F plasmid integrated into chromosomal DNA are known as Hfr cells (high frequency of recombination). The high frequency of recombination indicates that the high rates of recombination between genes on the Hfr donor and F‑ recipient chromosomes.
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
Ch. 10.1 - Distinguish between a mutation and a mutant.Ch. 10.1 - Distinguish between screening and selection.Ch. 10.2 - Do missense mutations occur in genes encoding...Ch. 10.2 - Why do frameshift mutations generally have more...Ch. 10.3 - Why does the Ames test measure the rate of...Ch. 10.3 - Which class of mutation, missense or nonsense, is...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 10.4 - Prob. 3MQCh. 10.5 - Prob. 1MQ
Ch. 10.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 10.5 - Prob. 3MQCh. 10.6 - During transformation a cell usually incorporates...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 2MQCh. 10.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 10.7 - What is the major difference between generalized...Ch. 10.7 - Why is phage conversion considered beneficial to...Ch. 10.8 - In conjugation, how are donor and recipient cells...Ch. 10.8 - Explain how rolling circle DNA replication allows...Ch. 10.8 - Prob. 3MQCh. 10.9 - In conjugation involving the F plasmid of...Ch. 10.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 10.9 - Prob. 3MQCh. 10.10 - Why is it usually more difficult to select...Ch. 10.10 - Why do penicillins not kill species of Archaea?Ch. 10.11 - Prob. 1MQCh. 10.11 - What is the significance of the terminal inverted...Ch. 10.11 - How can transposons be used in bacterial genetics?Ch. 10.12 - Why is the CRISPR system considered a prokaryotic...Ch. 10.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 10 - Write a one-sentence definition of the term...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2RQCh. 10 - Prob. 3RQCh. 10 - Prob. 4RQCh. 10 - Prob. 5RQCh. 10 - What are heteroduplex regions of DNA and what...Ch. 10 - QExplain why recipient cells do not successfully...Ch. 10 - QExplain how a generalized transducing particle...Ch. 10 - QWhat is a sex pilus and which cell type, F or F+,...Ch. 10 - Prob. 10RQCh. 10 - Prob. 11RQCh. 10 - Prob. 12RQCh. 10 - QExplain why incoming DNA recognized by a short...Ch. 10 - A constitutive mutant is a strain that...Ch. 10 - Although a large number of mutagenic chemicals are...Ch. 10 - Why is it difficult in a single experiment to...Ch. 10 - Prob. 4AQ
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