a: bacteriophage ~
b: a virus for bacterial cells
What:
"A bacteriophage is like a virus for bacterial cells.in the same way that viruses (eg adenoviruses) can be used as vectors to transfer genetic information into eukaryotic cells, a bacteriphage could be used to transfer a gene which confers for example, penicillin resistance, into a bacterium. This gene is expressed and the bacterium is resistant to the given antibitoic."
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Writer: Yobbomate
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Date: Dec 14 2014 8:08 PM
# 6725 Critique Analogy