If You Created a Strain of Bacteria That Overexpressed Protease

question 17

Multiple Choice

If you created a strain of bacteria that overexpressed protease inhibitors, and then infected this bacteria with phage λ, would you expect the phage to follow the lytic or lysogenic cycle?

• A) Lytic
• B) Lysogenic
• C) The protease inhibitors would have no bearing on which life cycle is chosen.