S Silverback New Member 10+ Year Member Joined Aug 10, 2013 Messages 9 Reaction score 0 Aug 12, 2013 #1 Members don't see this ad. Anyone know the difference between a prophage and a transposon? they sound very similar to me
Members don't see this ad. Anyone know the difference between a prophage and a transposon? they sound very similar to me
J Jordwin Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jul 9, 2012 Messages 486 Reaction score 34 Aug 12, 2013 #2 A prophage is a virus that has integrated it's DNA into a bacterium and is in the lysogenic stage and a transposon is part of DNA that can move to different locations. Upvote 0 Downvote
A prophage is a virus that has integrated it's DNA into a bacterium and is in the lysogenic stage and a transposon is part of DNA that can move to different locations.
S SafetyDog Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined May 9, 2013 Messages 100 Reaction score 5 Aug 12, 2013 #3 A virus can integrate into a transposon as a prophage and be moved around the DNA within the transposon as well. Upvote 0 Downvote
A virus can integrate into a transposon as a prophage and be moved around the DNA within the transposon as well.
