Plasmids Are

question 18

Multiple Choice

Plasmids are:

• A)circular structures present in bacteria that contain genes encoding proteins and RNA and have the capacity to self-replicate and portion into daughter cells during cellular division.
• B)DNA elements that encode transposition and excision function and can transpose from one place on the chromosome to another.
• C)genetic elements capable of integrating resistance genes (cassettes) by an integron-encoded, site-specific recombinase.
• D)DNA elements found in bacteria that carry genes only for the enzymes needed to promote their own transposition.

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