Question 33 Which of these genes would be on the bacterial chromosome, rather than on a plasmid In other words, all of these genes are likely to be on a bacterial plasmid EXCEPT... Oa gene for degrading a certain environmental pollutant (e.g., oil). Oa gene for resistance to a certain antibiotic. Oa gene for ATP synthase. a gene for making sex pili.

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Which of these genes would be on the bacterial chromosome, rather than on a plasmid?
In other words, all of these genes are likely to be on a bacterial plasmid EXCEPT...
Oa gene for degrading a certain environmental pollutant (e.g., oil).
Oa gene for resistance to a certain antibiotic.
O a gene for ATP synthase.
Oa gene for making sex pili.
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Transcribed Image Text:1 Question 33 Which of these genes would be on the bacterial chromosome, rather than on a plasmid? In other words, all of these genes are likely to be on a bacterial plasmid EXCEPT... Oa gene for degrading a certain environmental pollutant (e.g., oil). Oa gene for resistance to a certain antibiotic. O a gene for ATP synthase. Oa gene for making sex pili. stion 34
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Bacterial chromosomes are located in a nucleotide, a distinct cytoplasmic structure in which double -stranded DNA is coated with histone-like proteins . most bacteria appear to have a single large circular chromosomes , but this is not universal. many bacterial contain extra-chromosomal elements such as plasmids . the genome of Borrelia burgdorferi is composed of an ~0.9 -mb linear chromosome and ~19 linear and circular plasmid with a total size greater than 056 mb. 

replication of bacterial chromosomes is initiated at a well -defined region, the origin of replication (oriC) . A remarkable feature of the replication origins is the conservation of the dnaA gene and the flanking noncoding regions, containing dnaA boxes and AT-rich repeats. A similar organization occurs in mollicutes . the self replicating property of the oriC regions of S.  citri has been used to construct artificial plasmid vectors which replicate in this organism .

in the isolation of oriC region of spiroplasma citri , two conserved domain of the DNA protein have been identified . one is the ATP -binding site (YNPLFIYG) and the other, close to the C-terminal end, is GGRDHTTV. from these two amino acid sequences, taking into account the known S. citri codon usages , the sequences of the following degenerated oligonucleotides have been deduced.

a plasmid is a small , extrachromosomal DNA molecule within a cell that is physically separated from chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently. 

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