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  • Question
  • The ribosome binding site


  • Options
  • A. forms a stem-loop structure in the RNA
  • B. is located upstream of the promoter sequence
  • C. is located immediately upstream of the start codon
  • D. is more likely to be associated with an operon than with a gene encoding a single protein

  • Correct Answer
  • is located immediately upstream of the start codon 


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    • 1. When was the genetic code completed?

    • Options
    • A. 1958
    • B. 1952
    • C. 1966
    • D. 1968
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the direct cause of cell death by diphtheria toxin?

    • Options
    • A. Formation of an ion channel in the cell membrane
    • B. Inactivation of a translational elongation factor
    • C. Induction of apoptosis
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The interaction between the mRNA and tRNA determined the position of amino acid in a polypeptide sequence. This is called the

    • Options
    • A. stagerivity
    • B. Wobble hypothesis
    • C. promiscuity
    • D. adaptor hypothesis
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following lacks 3'-5' exonuclease activity?

    • Options
    • A. Short fragment of DNA polymerase I
    • B. Taq DNA polymerase
    • C. T4 DNA ligase
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Both strands of DNA serve as templates concurrently in

    • Options
    • A. replication
    • B. excision repair
    • C. mismatch repair
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following act as the blueprint or template for the process of protein synthesis that takes place on ribosomes?

    • Options
    • A. rRNA
    • B. DNA
    • C. tRNA
    • D. mRNA
    • Discuss
    • 7. Three stop codons, which aids in termination of translation are also known as

    • Options
    • A. pause codons
    • B. nonsense codons
    • C. missense codons
    • D. antisense codons
    • Discuss
    • 8. What is the action of tetracycline in prokaryotes?

    • Options
    • A. It blocks translocation reaction on ribosomes
    • B. It blocks peptidyl transferase reaction on ribosomes
    • C. It blocks the binding of amino-acyl tRNA to the A site of ribosomes
    • D. Not known with certainity
    • Discuss
    • 9. What is the maximum number of different amino acids in a polypeptide chain coded by the synthetic polyribonucleotides (UCAG)5?

    • Options
    • A. One
    • B. Two
    • C. Three
    • D. Four
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which binding is inhibited by pactamycin?

    • Options
    • A. Aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of 30S subunit
    • B. Initiator-tRNA to 30S/40S initiation complexes
    • C. Peptidyl t-RNA to the 50S subunit
    • D. Formation of peptide bond in P site
    • Discuss


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