In General, the Organization of Genes in Bacteria Is Different

Multiple Choice

In general, the organization of genes in bacteria is different from that in eukaryotes. In E. coli, approximately 27 percent of all genes are organized into contiguous, functionally related units containing multiple genes under coordinate control that are transcribed as a single unit. Such contiguous gene families are called _.

A) proteomes
B) transcriptomes
C) pseudogenes
D) contigs
E) operons