BIOL3149 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pilus, Plasmid, Lysis

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13 Jul 2016
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If a cell has a plasmid, it also has the gene that will code for a pilus, then it can transfer its genetic material to another cell. The pilus comes out connects to another cell, replicating that plasmid into the other cell. Usually happens if cells are in viable conditions to actually do so. This plasmid is called the f factor (fertility factor). The cell that"s with the plasmid is called the f+, the other cell is the f-. The cell that inherited the new plasmid, if it has the genes for a pilus, it can also transfer it now. If you have something that"s resistant it can spread into the population super fast, the cell will have all the genes permanently and so will its offspring. Virus doesn"t have its own metabolism it carries a host. Capsids can have genetic info they picked up along the way. When viral dna replicates it will take some of the bacterial dna.

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