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- Question
A purine with an amine (NH2) group on the 6th carbon is
Options- A. adenine
- B. cytosine
- C. thymine
- D. guanine
- Correct Answer
- adenine
- 1. In gel electrophoresis, what fragments will move most quickly through a gel?
Options- A. Large fragments
- B. Small fragments
- C. Large genome
- D. None of these Discuss
- 2. Thymidine
Options- A. can participate in hydrophobic interactions due to its methyl group
- B. is replaced by uracil in RNA
- C. normally forms two hydrogen bonds with adenosine
- D. all of the above Discuss
- 3. The glycosidic bonds in DNA and RNA
Options- A. connect the sugar to the base
- B. can be hydrolyzed by OH- ion
- C. stabilize Watson-Crick H-bonds
- D. are free to rotate over about 180° Discuss
- 4. In membranes, lipids are
Options- A. glycerophospholipids
- B. sphingolipids
- C. sterols
- D. all of these Discuss
- 5. The smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) is the site of
Options- A. phospholipid synthesis
- B. amino acid synthesis
- C. carbohydrate synthesis
- D. protein synthesis Discuss
- 6. Because DNA is a highly charged polyanion, its stability to heat denaturation
Options- A. does not depend on hydrophobic interactions
- B. increases with increasing salt
- C. is independent of G - C content
- D. decreases with increasing salt Discuss
- 7. The unfavourable free energy associated with not satisfying a hydrogen bond after formation of the double helix is approximately
Options- A. 10 kJ/mol
- B. 20 kJ/mol
- C. 25 kJ/mol
- D. 30 kJ/mol Discuss
- 8. Nucleotide bases and aromatic amino acids absorb light respectively at
Options- A. 280 and 260 nm
- B. 260 and 280 nm
- C. 270 and 280 nm
- D. 260 and 270 nm Discuss
- 9. A nucleotide consists of
Options- A. a sugar, a base and a phosphate
- B. a sugar and a phosphate
- C. paired bases
- D. a sugar, a base and three phosphates Discuss
- 10. Which of the following is a purine?
Options- A. Cytosine
- B. Adenine
- C. Thymine
- D. Uracil Discuss
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Correct Answer: Small fragments
Correct Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: connect the sugar to the base
Correct Answer: all of these
Correct Answer: phospholipid synthesis
Correct Answer: increases with increasing salt
Correct Answer: 20 kJ/mol
Correct Answer: 260 and 280 nm
Correct Answer: a sugar, a base and a phosphate
Correct Answer: Adenine
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