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  • Question
  • In order to get inorganic phosphorous into organic compounds, the phosphate ion is incorporated via


  • Options
  • A. substrate level phosphorylation
  • B. oxidative phosphorylation
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. DNA

  • Correct Answer
  • both (a) and (b) 


  • More questions

    • 1. The word, used for the small solid supports onto which are spotted hundreds of thousands of tiny drops of DNA that can be used to screen gene expression, is

    • Options
    • A. southern blot
    • B. cloning library
    • C. DNA microarrays
    • D. northern blot
    • Discuss
    • 2. A characteristic of protein synthesis in both the archaea and eukarya is

    • Options
    • A. transcription and translation are coupled
    • B. translation is inhibited by diphtheria toxin
    • C. proteins are synthesized from D-, rather than L-, isomers of amino acids
    • D. the initiator tRNA is charged with N-formyl-methionine
    • Discuss
    • 3. The favouring conditions for floaters is

    • Options
    • A. high intial amounts of salt
    • B. thick skin that does not allow gas to diffuse out
    • C. both (a) and (b)
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The envelope of which of the following viruses is derived from the host cell nucleus?

    • Options
    • A. Paramyxoviruses
    • B. Retroviruses
    • C. Orthomyxoviruses
    • D. Herpesviruses
    • Discuss
    • 5. The viral nucleocapsid is the combination of

    • Options
    • A. genome and capsid
    • B. capsid and spikes
    • C. envelope and capsid
    • D. capsomere and genome
    • Discuss
    • 6. Quinolones are

    • Options
    • A. antimetabolites
    • B. penicillin derivatives
    • C. bacteriostatic
    • D. broad-spectrum
    • Discuss
    • 7. The role of molecular chaperones is to

    • Options
    • A. facilitate binding of ribosomes to mRNA
    • B. degrade newly synthesized polypeptides that contain inaccurate sequences
    • C. facilitate binding of RNA polymerase to DNA
    • D. aid a newly synthesized polypeptide in folding to its proper shape
    • Discuss
    • 8. During the carboxylation phase of the Calvin cycle, CO2 combines with

    • Options
    • A. ribulose 1,5 - bisphosphate
    • B. phosphoglyceraldehyde
    • C. pyruvic acid
    • D. oxaloacetic acid
    • Discuss
    • 9. Black kraut is caused by

    • Options
    • A. the plant enzymes
    • B. the micro-organisms
    • C. the combined actions of plant enzymes and micro-organisms
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. Bacterial cells susceptible to penicillium can be protected from destruction if the medium in which they are exposed is of

    • Options
    • A. high osmotic pressure
    • B. low osmotic pressure
    • C. moderate osmotic pressure
    • D. high surface tension
    • Discuss


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