Module 7 : Microbial Molecular Biology and Genetics

Lecture 7 : Bacterial Plasmids and Transposable Elements

 

Study Questions:

  1. 1. Define: plasmid

    2. 2. Who coined the term plasmid………….?

    3. What is the basic structural part of plasmids?

    4. What are the role plasmids in today's technological world?

    5. What is the different mode of replication of plasmid?

    6. Define: Non Integrative replication and integrative replication

    7. What do you mean by Episome?

    8. Explain: stringent plasmids and relaxed plasmids

    9. What are the different types of plasmids?

    10. Explain: Transposable element

    11. Who discovered transposable elements?

    12. What is the different mechanism of action of transposable elements?

    13. What are retrotransposons and their role in transposition?

    14. Explain: LINE, SINE and LTR

    15. What do you mean by class II transposon?