NEET2014BotanyBiomolecules (B)Actual
Phage genome site on bacterial chromosome resulted in the structure
Options
- Anucleic acid
- Bheterocyst
- Cprophage
- DNone of these
Correct answer
C. prophage
Step-by-step solution
Prophage is the DNA of bacteriophage that is repressed for lytic functions and is maintained in the host bacterium in a stable state. The phage genome is integrated into DNA of its bacterial host and may be replicated along with the host DNA, as in the case or bacteriophage lamda or may be maintained as extra chromosomal DNA, as in the case for bacteriophage, lambda P₁ .