All of the Following Are Desirable Features in a Microbial

question 37

Multiple Choice

All of the following are desirable features in a microbial cloning host, except it

• A)can be grown in large quantities.
• B)has a slow growth rate.
• C)is capable of accepting plasmid vectors.
• D)will secrete a high yield of proteins from expressed foreign genes.
• E)has a genome that is well delineated.

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Definitions:

Hydrogen Bonds

A type of weak chemical bond that occurs when a hydrogen atom bonded to a highly electronegative atom, such as oxygen or nitrogen, experiences an attraction to another electronegative atom.

Cytosine

A pyrimidine base found in DNA and RNA that pairs with guanine.

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in DNA and RNA, it pairs with cytosine during DNA replication.

Hydrogen Bonds

Weak bonds formed between a hydrogen atom and a more electronegative atom, important in the structure of DNA and proteins.