Answer to Question #149637 in Cell Biology for Mark

Question

Which part of the bacteriophage was injected into the bacterial cell?

Answer 1

The bacteriophage injects its double-stranded Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) genome into the cytoplasm of the bacterial cell. Notably, the tail contains a hollow core through which the injection of DNA takes place into the host cell. Hence, the involvement of tail fibers is an acknowledgment of explicit virus-related receptors on the surface of the bacterial cell.