The two polynucleotide chains in DNA are:
1. parallel
2. discontinuous
3. antiparallel
4. semiconservative
One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in:
1. Neurosporacrassa
2. Salmonella typhimurium
3. Escherichia coli
4. Diplococcuspneumonia
A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the:
1. transfer RNA
2. messenger RNA
3. DNA sequence
4. ribosome
Which antibiotic inhibits the interaction between t-RNA and m-RNA using bacterial protein synthesis?
1. Erythromycin
2. Neomycin
3. Streptomycin
4. Tetracycline
One gene – one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by:
1. R. Franklin
2. Hershey and Chase
3. A. Garrod
4. Beadle and Tatum
Antiparallel strands of a DNA molecule mean that:
| 1. | one strand turns anti-clockwise |
| 2. | the phosphate groups of two DNA strands, at their ends, share the same position |
| 3. | the phosphate groups at the start of two DNA strands are in opposite positions (pole) |
| 4. | one strand turns clockwise |
Match the following genes of the lac operon with their respective products:
| (a) | i gene | (i) | -galactosidase |
| (b) | Z gene | (ii) | Permease |
| (c) | A gene | (iii) | Repressor |
| (d) | Y gene | (iv) | transacetylase |
Select the correct option
| Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
| 1. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
| 2. | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
| 3. | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
| 4. | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
Purines found both in DNA and RNA are:
| 1. | Cytosine and thymine | 2. | Adenine and thymine |
| 3. | Adenine and guanine | 4. | Guanine and cytosine |
Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of the following mRNA?
5'AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3'
| 1. | Deletion of GGU from 7th, 8th and 9th positions |
| 2. | Insertion of G at the 5th position |
| 3. | Deletion of G from the 5th position |
| 4. | Insertion of A and G at the 4th and the 5th positions respectively |
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to:
1. Novel DNA sequence
2. Genes expressed as RNA
3. Polypeptide expression
4. DNA polymorphism
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