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  • Question
  • The IPTG is a gratuitous inducers of (?-galactosidase, and x-gal is a chromogenic substrate. When ?-complementation occurs which colour is produced?


  • Options
  • A. Blue
  • B. White
  • C. Brown
  • D. No colour is produced

  • Correct Answer
  • Blue 


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    • 1. Chronic granulomatous disease results from a failure to perform oxidative burst. This deficiency would be most likely to interfere with

    • Options
    • A. CTL killing of viruses
    • B. dendritic cell activation to become a mature APC
    • C. infected cell processing of virus peptides
    • D. macrophage intracellular killing of bacteria
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the name of the protein signaling molecule that alters glucose uptake, and where would its receptors be located?

    • Options
    • A. Insulin; many different cell types that use glucose for fuel
    • B. Insulin; beta cells of the pancreas
    • C. PDGF; the blood
    • D. NGF; the nerves involved in simple reflexes
    • Discuss
    • 3. In DNA double helix, the two DNA chains are held together by

    • Options
    • A. covalent bonds between the pair of bases
    • B. hydrogen bonds between the pair of bases
    • C. ionic bonds between the pair of bases
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. A human cDNA library

    • Options
    • A. contains DNA for specific human proteins
    • B. contains DNA for virtually all of the human proteins in vectors
    • C. cannot be used to obtain human genes because it would be radioactive
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 5. Why is it that inhaling nitric oxide reduces blood pressure only in the lung tissue and not elsewhere in the body*?

    • Options
    • A. Because other body tissues use a different signaling molecule
    • B. Because nitric oxide cannot cross cell membranes and enter the blood
    • C. Because nitric oxide breaks down quickly and thus cannot travel far
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following is not the hydrophobic and aromatic amino acid?

    • Options
    • A. Phenylalanine
    • B. Tyrosine
    • C. Tryptophan
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Cholesterolemia means

    • Options
    • A. lack of functional LDL receptors
    • B. lack of functional HDL receptor
    • C. high sensitivity to fatty food intake
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The E.coli pyruvic acid dehydrogenase complex is reported to

    • Options
    • A. decatalyze the oxidation of pyruvic acid to acetyl Co A and CO2
    • B. Catalyze the oxidation of pyruvic acid to acetyl Co A and CO2
    • C. retard the reduction of pyruvic acid to acetyl Co A and CO2
    • D. Catalyze the reduction of pyruvic acid to acetyl Co A and CO2
    • Discuss
    • 9. A retention gap is placed between the injector and the front of the column to

    • Options
    • A. retain contaminants and prevent them from reaching the column
    • B. retain the sample and release it gradually to the column
    • C. prevent backflush of the injected solution
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. For the unfolding reaction of Protein G, ∆H° =210.6 kJ/mol, this means that

    • Options
    • A. unfolding is favored enthalpically
    • B. folding is favored enthalpically
    • C. the entropy is positive at all temperatures
    • D. the entropy is negative at all temperatures
    • Discuss


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