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Phage genome site on bacterial chromosome resulted in the structure

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Nucleic acid
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Heterocyst
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Prophage
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None of these
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Solution

The correct option is C Prophage
  • Temperate phage, when enters into bacteria, it does not cause lysis of bacteria.
  • Phage nucleic acid gets incorporated into the bacterial genome and replicates with it. Phage nucleic acid incorporated into a bacterial genome is called a prophage.
  • Host of the prophage genes are repressed by two repressor proteins that are the product of phage genes.
Thus, the correct answer is option C.

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