In bacterial cells, Choose one:

A. transcription, translation, and DNA replication are all spatially separate.

B. transcription and translation occur together but not while DNA replication is occurring.

C. transcription and DNA replication can occur together, but translation is spatially separate from transcription and replication.

D. transcription, translation, and DNA replication can all occur at the same time in the same cell compartment.

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Shyann Nguyen

17 January, 19:56

In bacterial cells, Choose one:

A. transcription, translation, and DNA replication are all spatially separate.

B. transcription and translation occur together but not while DNA replication is occurring.

C. transcription and DNA replication can occur together, but translation is spatially separate from transcription and replication.

D. transcription, translation, and DNA replication can all occur at the same time in the same cell compartment.

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Jonas Duarte · Answer 1

The answer would be B.

Bacteria is a prokaryotic cell with no nucleus, which means DNA are not separated from transcription and translation machineries in the cytoplasm. The three processes occur in the cytoplasm, but replication occurs first, then it's followed by transcription and translation that can occur simultaneously due to the fact that bacterial DNA when transcribed immediately gives mature RNA with no introns ready to be translated to protein.