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Title: microbial
Post by: alatq33 on Nov 7, 2010
1. Which enzymes is likely to be found in typical phages? Capsomers, DNA polymerase or none of these?

2. Also, another question

Bacterial host cells which are infected by bacteriophages provide low molecular weight precursors for phage
-chromosome synthesis
-protein synthesis, including capsomers
-messenger RNA synthesis
-or all of the above


Title: Re: microbial
Post by: bio_man on Nov 7, 2010
I don't think bacteriophages carry enzymes. It is the bacteria's machinery that transcribes the content released by the phages.

Bacterial host cells which are infected by bacteriophages provide low molecular weight precursors for phage

-chromosome synthesis
-protein synthesis, including capsomers
-messenger RNA synthesis
-or all of the above


Bio_man 8)