Q. Which of the following equation represent the reciprocal of Michaelis-Menten equation
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1
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Q. Which of the following is a prime example of a ribonucleoprotein enzyme, the catalytic activity of which (under non-physiological conditions), resides solely in its RNA component
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Correct Answer: (D)
RNase P
Q. All the following may be methods for the inhibition of microbial growth by antibiotics except
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Correct Answer: (C)
Antibiotics prevent the release of energy from ATP
Q. A feature common to almost all transmembrane proteins is
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Correct Answer: (D)
An alpha-helical region of about 20 to 25 hydrophobic amino acids
Q. The distribution of transmembrane protein in the palne of a cell membrane can best be visualized by which of the following:
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Correct Answer: (B)
Freeze-fracture electron microscopy
Q. Broker, Chow, Roberts and P. Sharp hybridized mRNA from adenovirus to denatured adenovirus DNA and examined the resultant duplex molecules by electron microscopy. Which of the following did they observe?
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On one strand there were looped out regions of single-stranded DNA
Q. If a mutation occurred in the phosphorylation site in the CTD domain of RNA polymerase II, which of the following outcomes would be observed?
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Transcription of mRNA would not occur
Q. A microorganism when viewed under a compound microscope with objective of 40X and eye piece of 10X magnification measured 400μ in length. The same microorganism when viewed under a dissecting microscope with 10X lens, would measure
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Correct Answer: (B)
10μ
Q. Which of the following technique is used to inactivate a gene by altering the DNA encoding it?
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Correct Answer: (A)
Homologous recombination
Q. Gene conversion is observed
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Correct Answer: (C)
During meiosis, the expected 2 : 2 ratio of alleles is replaced with a 3 : 1 ratio
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