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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Competence factors are proteins that allow the binding of extracellular DNA to the cell surface, thereby promoting genetic transformation in bacteria. They do not play a role in sex pilus formation or bacteriophage binding for transduction, and they actually facilitate genetic transfer between donor and recipient cells rather than inhibiting it.

What Do Competence Factors Do