The Clustered, Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) System in Bacterial

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Multiple Choice

The clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system in bacterial cells has been called the "immune" system of bacteria. CRISPR protect bacteria from a repeat infection from the same phage because bacterial cells

• A) recognize proteins on the surface of the phage and secrete enzymes that digest the phage.
• B) recognize proteins on the surface of the phage and secrete proteins that block the binding of the phage.
• C) integrate fragments from the phage DNA in their own chromosomes and target for destruction any DNA that contains the same fragments in the future.
• D) modify the attachment sites for the phages so that new infections cannot take place.
• E) integrate fragments from the phage RNA in their own chromosomes and target for destruction any RNA that contains the same fragments in the future.

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