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Bacteriophage is made up of
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Options:
  • A Carbon and nitrogen
  • B DNA
  • C Nucleoprotein (Nucleic acid + protein)
  • D Protein only
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The correct answer is: Nucleoprotein (Nucleic acid + protein)
A bacteriophage is a virus that infects bacteria. In its tadpole-like structure, DNA is found inside the proteinous head. Nucleoproteins are any proteins commonly called conjugated proteins that are structurally associated with nucleic acids, either DNA or RNA.

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