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- Question
The sigma factor
Options- A. is responsible for recognizing the termination sequence
- B. provides the catalytic function of cleaving off pyrophosphates during mRNA synthesis
- C. recognizes the promotor
- D. accomplishes DNA restriction
- Correct Answer
- recognizes the promotor
- 1. The synthesis of mRNA based on a DNA template is called
Options- A. DNA replication
- B. transcription
- C. translation
- D. DNA restriction Discuss
- 2. What is the usual sequence of a Pribnow box?
Options- A. AUAUA
- B. TATAAT
- C. UUUUU
- D. TTGACA Discuss
- 3. Which of the following statement defines a replicon?
Options- A. A DNA molecule that encodes pili for conjugation
- B. A DNA molecule that is able to replicate and be maintained
- C. A DNA template which is used in transcription
- D. The enzyme responsible for transposition Discuss
- 4. A level of regulation, demonstrated by the termination of transcription if tryptophan is abundant, by the tryptophan operon in E.coli cells is called
Options- A. activation
- B. attenuation
- C. corepression
- D. desiccation Discuss
- 5. Which of the following is a product of transcription?
Options- A. mRNA
- B. tRNA
- C. rRNA
- D. all of these Discuss
- 6. A specific __________ factor helps RNA polymerase bind to late promoters and transcribe late genes.
Options- A. sigma
- B. beta
- C. delta
- D. gamma Discuss
- 7. Which of these catalyzes the synthesis of RNA from a DNA template?
Options- A. DNA gyrase
- B. DNA ligase
- C. DNA polymerase
- D. RNA polymerase Discuss
- 8. The location of first hexameric sequence typically found in pro-karyotic promoters is
Options- A. at the transcription start site
- B. approximately 35 bases upstream of the transcription start site
- C. approximately 10 bases upstream of the transcription start site
- D. approximately 25 bases upstream of the transcription start site Discuss
- 9. Thymine dimers are directly repaired with the help of visible light by process known as
Options- A. phosphorylation
- B. excision repair
- C. photosynthesis
- D. photoreactivation Discuss
- 10. A nonsense mutation may result into
Options- A. an abnormal elongation of a polypeptide
- B. a large deletion within the reading frame of a gene
- C. a premature termination of the synthesis of a polypeptide
- D. modification of mRNA Discuss
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Correct Answer: transcription
Correct Answer: TATAAT
Correct Answer: A DNA molecule that is able to replicate and be maintained
Correct Answer: attenuation
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: sigma
Correct Answer: RNA polymerase
Correct Answer: approximately 35 bases upstream of the transcription start site
Correct Answer: photoreactivation
Correct Answer: a premature termination of the synthesis of a polypeptide
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