The discovery that some bacteria ____ using enzymes that cut the viral DNA into pieces was one of the first steps in

the development of recombinant DNA technology.
a. exchange fused plasmid DNA
b. restrict important nutrients from leaving the bacterial cell
c. resist viral infection
d. cut up and recycle mRNA transcripts
e. attach amino acids to tRNA molecules


c

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A) Lyme disease B) Rocky Mountain spotted fever C) plague D) tularemia

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A. The presence of Gram-positive bacteria in the human gut causes obesity and type 2 diabetes. B. Gram-positive bacteria compose the majority of normal microbiota in the human gut of people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. C. Obesity and type 2 diabetes is caused by normal microbiota in the human gut. D. Normal microbiota may significantly impact human health and disease. 

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A. Reduction B. Oxidation C. Dehydrogenation D. Decarboxylation

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