An Isolate of a Mutant Bacterium Appears to Grow More

question 23

Multiple Choice

An isolate of a mutant bacterium appears to grow more slowly than the population (wild type) from which it was isolated. Further studies showed that the slower growth was due to a markedly reduced DNA polymerase I activity. From this information, one would expect that this organism would also be deficient in the activity of DNA

• A)excision repair.
• B)transcription.
• C)recombination.
• D)unwinding.
• E)translation.

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