Question

Bacteriophage Mu is also a phage, choose the correct statement for it.

a.

It is an example of temperate phage

b.

It is packaged into heads containing 50 kbp of DNA

c.

When the phage replicates it goes transposition only a few times

d.

Mu can’t be used for cloning in vivo

Answer: (a).It is an example of temperate phage

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