Questions and Answers
Which of the following best describes the composition of viral chromosomes?
Nucleic acid, either DNA or RNA, single or double stranded
What is a characteristic feature of bacterial chromosomes?
Readily replicated and transcribed
What is a distinct feature of eukaryotic genomes?
Refer to one complete set of nuclear chromosomes
What distinguishes the genome of bacteria from that of eukaryotes?
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What is a characteristic of the structure of bacterial chromosomal DNA?
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What is the term for the nontranscribed DNA between adjacent genes?
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What enzyme introduces negative supercoils using energy from ATP in bacteria?
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What is the main effect of negative supercoiling in bacterial DNA?
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Which drug class is known to inhibit gyrase and other bacterial topoisomerases, but does not inhibit eukaryotic topoisomerases?
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What is the term for the DNA compaction microdomains that contain 40,000 to 80,000 bp of DNA in each loop in E. coli?
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