Transformation in Bacteria
1. A donor bacterium
dies and is degraded.
2. A fragment of DNA from the dead donor
bacterium binds to DNA binding proteins on the cell wall of a competent, living
3. The Rec A protein promotes genetic
exchange between a fragment of the donor's DNA and the recipient's DNA.
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