Some mutations can be corrected using enzymes found in the cell.

a. true
b. false


Ans: a. true

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Answer the following questions true (T) or false (F)

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A strain of penicillin-resistant N. gonorrhoeae that does not have a plasmid is isolated. A lysate made from the bacterium cannot degrade penicillin in an in vitro assay. When a culture of this strain is grown in a solution that contains radioactive penicillin, the amount of penicillin found within cells is less than the amount found within cells from a nonresistant strain. The DNA sequence of the porin gene from the resistant strain does not have any mutations. What is the most likely mechanism of resistance in this strain?

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