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  • Question
  • Sickle cell disease is due to


  • Options
  • A. a mutation in the beta chain of Hb
  • B. a mutation in the alpha chain of Hb
  • C. infection with a parasite
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • a mutation in the beta chain of Hb 


  • Protein Structure problems


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    • 1. Metastasis involves

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    • A. ability of cells to dissolve cellular matrix
    • B. metalloprotein levels
    • C. decreased levels of proteins that regulate metalloproteins
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Beta pleated sheets are examples of protein's

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    • A. primary structure
    • B. secondary structure
    • C. tertiary structure
    • D. quaternary structure
    • Discuss
    • 3. The four subunits of the hemoglobin (Hb) gene represent protein's

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    • A. primary structure
    • B. secondary structure
    • C. tertiary structure
    • D. quaternary structure
    • Discuss
    • 4. Over 50% of common cancers are associated with damage to a protein, p53. This protein

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    • A. is a cyclin
    • B. is a tumor supressor
    • C. is an oncogene
    • D. regulates apoptosis
    • Discuss
    • 5. Cyclins are proteins that

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    • A. regulate ability of cells to invade tissue
    • B. regulate passage from one stage of cell division to another
    • C. regulate apoptosis of damaged cells
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. Signal sequences are part of a protein that

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    • A. signal folding of the protein
    • B. signal the protein synthesis on the ribosomes is ended
    • C. transport proteins to other sites within the cell
    • D. refold proteins in prion-associated diseases
    • Discuss
    • 7. Protein folding is

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    • A. automatic, mediated by the protein itself
    • B. mediated by other proteins called chaperones
    • C. mediated by the ribosomes
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. The first protein complex to bind to the TATA box is

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    • A. transcription factor IIA
    • B. transcription factor IIB
    • C. transcription factor IID
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Methylated gene are

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    • A. active
    • B. silent
    • C. dynamic
    • D. either (a) or (b)
    • Discuss
    • 10. A mutation in the tip binding site of the repressor would result in

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    • A. constitutive trp operon expression
    • B. inducible trp operon expression
    • C. no operon expression
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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