The cytoskeleton has many functions. It is made up of different types of proteins that combine to make different types of filaments. The cytoskeletal filaments are dynamic, meaning they can grow and shrink at different parts of the cell and at different rates.
1 Another method of genetic transfer and recombination is transduction. 2  This method involves the transfer of DNA from one bacterium to another with the use of a bacteriophage (phage). 3  A phage is a virus that infects bacteria.
1. A linear strand of DNA and associated proteins in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells that carries the genes and functions in the transmission of hereditary information. 2. A circular strand of DNA in bacteria and archaea that contains the hereditary information necessary for cell life.