Which of the following statements regarding bacterial defenses against phage infections is FALSE?
A) Resistance to phages can occur through mutations.
B) Bacterial restriction endonucleases can cleave viral RNA genome.
C) The clustered, regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats inserted in the bacterial genome facilitate cleavage of specific phage DNA.
D) Bacterial restriction endonuclease system cleaves DNA lacking appropriate methylation patterns.
E) Resistance to phages can occur through altered host receptor proteins.

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Bacterial restriction endonucleases cannot cleave viral RNA genome, they cleave viral or foreign DNA.

Which of the Following Statements Regarding Bacterial Defenses Against Phage