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  • Question
  • Translation begins


  • Options
  • A. at the replication fork
  • B. on the lagging strand
  • C. at the start codon
  • D. in nucleus

  • Correct Answer
  • at the start codon 


  • Genetic Code and Regulation problems


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    • 1. Nucleoside is a pyrimidine or purine base

    • Options
    • A. covalently bonded to a sugar
    • B. ionically bonded to a sugar
    • C. hydrogen bonded to a sugar
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. The sugar in RNA is __________ , the sugar in DNA is __________

    • Options
    • A. deoxyribose, ribose
    • B. ribose, deoxyribose
    • C. ribose, phosphate
    • D. ribose, uracil
    • Discuss
    • 3. The most stabilizing force for nucleic acids is

    • Options
    • A. hydrogen bonds
    • B. electrostatic bond
    • C. Van der Waals
    • D. conformational entropy
    • Discuss
    • 4. Nucleic acids can be analyzed experimentally by their

    • Options
    • A. molecular weight
    • B. absorption of visible light
    • C. absorption of uv light
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which pyrimidine base contains an amino group at carbon 4?

    • Options
    • A. Cytosine
    • B. Thymine
    • C. Uracil
    • D. Adenine
    • Discuss
    • 6. The sequence of one strand of DNA is: 5' ATTGCCA 3', what is the sequence of the other strand?

    • Options
    • A. 5' TAACGGT 3'
    • B. 5' TGGCAAT 3'
    • C. 5' ATTGCCA 3'
    • D. 5' UAAGCCU3'
    • Discuss
    • 7. Bacterial protein called catabolic activator protein (CAP) is an example of

    • Options
    • A. negative control of gene expression
    • B. positive control of gene expression
    • C. second type of positive control of gene expression
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The genetic code is degenerated. Which of the following codons represents the principle of degeneracy?

    • Options
    • A. UAA and UAC
    • B. AUG and AUA
    • C. CAU and CAC
    • D. UUA and UUC
    • Discuss
    • 9. In prokaryotes, AUG encodes

    • Options
    • A. methionine
    • B. N-formyl methionine
    • C. a stop codon
    • D. alanine
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of the following has been used as an evidence that primitive life forms lacked both DNA and enzymes?

    • Options
    • A. RNA can both code genetic information and act as a catalyst
    • B. DNA and enzymes are only present in the most advanced cells
    • C. Advanced cells lack RNA
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss


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