Rolling Circle Plasmid Replication

Question 1

DNA synthesis continues
uni-directionally around
the plasmid to produce a

Answer 1

complementary copy of
the displaced strand

Question 2

Displaced strand passes
through the pilus from

Answer 2

the donor cell to the
recipient cell

Question 3

Synthesis of DNA strand
complementary to the
displaced strand occurs
inside the

Answer 3

recipient cell