Entrance Test For Biotechnology Page 7

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31. The   n umber   o f   t imes   a   e ukaryotic   c ell   c an   u ndertake   r eplication   o f   i ts   D NA   p er  
cell   c ycle   i s  
a) Once,   i rrespective   o f   c ell   t ype  
b) Infinite   f or   a   s tem   c ell  
c) As   m any   a s   t he   n umber   o f   c hromosomes   i n   t he   c ell  
d) Can   b e   a ltered   c hemically   b y   o ver   a ctivating   C DKs  
 
32. DNA   f ragments   d uring   r eplication   a re   s ynthesized   w ith   t he   o rientation  
a) 5’   à   3 ’  
b) 3’   à   5 ’  
c) 5’   à   3 ’   f or   l eading,   3 ’   à   5 ’   f or   l agging   s trands  
d) 3’   à   5 ’   f or   l eading,   5 ’   à   3 ’   f or   l agging   s trands    
 
33. If   the   Meselson-­‐Stahl   experiment   were   to   be   performed   such   that   the   bacteria  
growing   in   normal   media   are   introduced   to   heavy   isotope   media   before   cell  
division,   t he   b anding   p attern   i n   F 3   g eneration   w ould   r esemble   m ost  
a) 75%   N 14   –   2 5%   h ybrid   –   0 %   N 15  
b) 44%   N 14   –   5 0%   h ybrid   –   6 %   N 15  
c) 0%   N 14   –   2 5%   h ybrid   –   7 5%   N 15  
d) 6%   N 14   –   5 0%   h ybrid   –   4 4%   N 15  
 
34. The   c orrect   d efinition   o f   “ gene”   r efers   t o  
a) Any   u nit   o f   c hromosome   w ith   a   s pecific   s equence  
b) Sequence   o f   D NA   e ncoding   f or   p rimary   R NA   t ranscript  
c) Sequence   o f   D NA   c orresponding   t o   m ature   m RNA  
d) Sequence   o f   D NA   b etween   t ranslational   S TART   a nd   S TOP   s ites    
 
35. In   order   to   identify   if   a   cell   is   undergoing   active   transcription,   one   could   use  
radiolabelled   A TP   a nd   m easure   t he   a mount   o f   r adioactivity   i n   R NA   i solated   f rom  
these  cells.  In  order  for  the  radioactivity  to  be  detected,  which  radiolabel  should  
be   u sed?  
a) [α-­‐P
]   A TP  
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b) [β-­‐P
]   A TP  
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c) [γ-­‐P
]   A TP  
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d) [α-­‐P
]   T TP  
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36. While   D NA   p olymerase   m isincorporates   n ucleotides   a t   t he   r ate   o f   1   i n   1 0
,   t he  
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actual   e rror   r ate   o bserved   i n   r eplicating   c ells   i s   1   i n   1 0
.   T his   i s   m ainly   a chieved  
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due   t o  
a) Excision   o f   m isincorporated   n ucleotides  
b) 3’   à   5 ’   p roofreading   a ctivity   o f   D NA   p olymerase  
c) 5’   à   3 ’   p roofreading   a ctivity   o f   D NA   p olymerase  
d) Replication   f ork   a rrest  
 
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