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C Secure https/ 31% raded Ch 5 Homework 02/28/18 O This is a Multiple Choce question /It is worth 1 point/You have 1 of 1 attempts remaining /There is a 1% attempt penalty 04 Question (1 point) 1st attempt Which of the following statements correctly describes the structure of the bacterial chromosome? Choose one of DNA are held together within the nucleoid region by DNA -bindinig proteins. A Multipie linear pieces B. Multiple intertwined circles of DNA are chained within the cytoplasm of the cell, C. A single circular cheomosome is much greater in circumference than the cell iself,so it is twisted back on itself and coiled up within the cytoplasm D. A single circular loop of DNA (equal to or slightly smaller than the circumference of the cell itself) is loosely looped within the cytoplasm 04/13

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The right answer will be " C".

Bacterial chromosome is a single circular chromosome which has a greater circumference than the cell itself ( e.g. E.coli chromosome has 40 x circumference than the cell ). The chromosome is highly coiled and twisted back so it can fit into the cytoplasm.

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