What Do Competence Factors Do

question 27

Multiple Choice

What do competence factors do?

• A) allow the formation of a sex pilus
• B) promote bacteriophage binding for transduction
• C) allow DNA in the environment to bind to the cell surface
• D) inhibit genetic transfer between donor and recipient cells

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