AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2001

  • question_answer
    In bacteriophages, the genetic material is

    A)                  RNA                                     

    B)  DNA

    C)                  mRNA                                 

    D)  RNA or DNA

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Bacteriophages are viral parasites of bacteria.  They are specially adapted for attachment and penetration through the rigid cell wall surrounding most prokaryotic cells. Bacteriophage may contain either DNA or RNA as genetic material, eg, \[\phi \times 174\] (ss-DNA), \[{{T}_{1}},{{T}_{2}},{{T}_{3}}\] phages (ds-DNA), \[\phi 2\] phage, \[\phi 6\] phage (ss-RNA).


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