Transposase is

A) required to resolve a Holliday junction.
B) involved in the movement of mobile genetic elements in prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes.
C) found only in prokaryotic transposons.
D) required for synthesis-dependent strand annealing to repair double-stranded DNA breaks.
E) necessary for replicative transposition but not conservative transposition.


Answer: B

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