Which of the following statements about IS elements is not correct?
A) IS elements are responsible for the formation of Hfr strains of E. coli.
B) IS elements are less than 2,500 nucleotide pairs in size and contain only genes involved with promoting or regulating transcription.
C) IS elements are demarcated by short, inverted terminal repeats which have no role in the transpositional process.
D) IS elements are capable of creating target site duplications.
E) All of these are correct.
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Q2: Eukaryotic DNA sequences that can move from
Q3: Which organism exhibits retrotransposition?
A) C. elegans
B) E.
Q4: When a bacterial cell is infected with
Q5: Which category of transposons accomplishes transposition through
Q6: Which of the following enzymes is responsible
Q8: Cut and paste transposition can occur in
Q9: Which type of transposon is not found
Q10: Short identical sequences at the ends of
Q11: Replicative transposition can occur in which of
Q12: When IS elements insert into chromosomes or
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