Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
Which of the following statement describes plasmids?

None of these
A complex membrane structure that covers the chromosome of bacteria
Another name for a protoplast
Small, circular DNA molecules that can exist independently of chromosomes commonly found in bacteria

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Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
The expression of gene X (which has promoter Px) is to be monitored. A gene fusion construction for carrying this work will

give the same information as from a microarray
have the promoter of lacZ or some other reporter gene
have Px but not the rest of the X coding region
allow to monitor the expression of all genes with a promoter similar in sequence to Px

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Microbial Recombination and Gene Transfer
When composite transposons are formed

a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element and plasmid is integrated
two IS elements integrate into a chromosome with only a small distance separating them
a small deletion occurs in the transposase gene of an IS element
an IS element integrates with another IS element with the help of a plasmid

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