True or False: To transcribe something is to make an identical copy, i.e., if the original is DNA, the transcribed copy is also DNA.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
To replicate something is to make an identical copy. To transcribe is to make a faithful copy, but it is not identical. DNA is transcribed into RNA.
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A. HIV encodes and uses reverse transcriptase, while lambda phage does not B. HIV production requires integrase, while bacteriophage lambda does not C. HIV can reproduce in either eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells, while bacteriophage lambda can only infect bacteria D. bacteriophage lambda attaches to specific proteins on the cell surface, while HIV does not E. None of these is correct
No animal cell has a _____
a. plasma membrane c. lysosome b. flagellum d. cell wall
The Schwann cell's counterpart in the central nervous system is the
a. microglial cell. b. astrocytes. c. ependymal cells. d. oligodendrocytes. e. satellite cells.
Every living organism must have ____
a. at least one cell b. a nucleus c. a cell wall d. mitochondria e. oxygen