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  • Question
  • Which of the following defines an open reading frame (ORF)?


  • Options
  • A. A sequence of genome in bacteriophage
  • B. The sequence of a complete genome
  • C. A plasmid vector used in genome sequencing
  • D. A possible gene predicted by DNA sequencing

  • Correct Answer
  • A possible gene predicted by DNA sequencing 


  • Translation and Regulation problems


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    • 1. Which stop codon has been found to encode selenocysteine?

    • Options
    • A. UAA
    • B. UAG
    • C. UGA
    • D. AGA
    • Discuss
    • 2. 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
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. The final step of gene expression is protein synthesis, which is also known as

    • Options
    • A. replication
    • B. translation
    • C. transcription
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Site in the ribosome from which the tRNA donates amino acids to the growing polypeptide chain is

    • Options
    • A. P site
    • B. O site
    • C. T site
    • D. A site
    • Discuss
    • 8. During amino acid activation a(n)

    • Options
    • A. amino acid is bound to tRNA
    • B. amino acid is bound to mRNA
    • C. methyl group is attached to rRNA
    • D. methyl group is attached to an amino acid
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following molecule catalyzes the transpeptidation reaction?

    • Options
    • A. RNA polymerase
    • B. Peptidyl transferase
    • C. DNA ligase
    • D. DNA polymerase
    • Discuss
    • 10. The Shine-Dalgarno sequence is

    • Options
    • A. trailer sequence
    • B. a stop codon
    • C. the reading frame of a gene
    • D. a short sequence that acts as a ribosomal binding site
    • Discuss


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