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What technique can be used to determine the murderer who left blood with the victim?
Options
A. DNA sequencing
B. PCR amplification
C. Western blot
D. RFLP mapping
Correct Answer
PCR amplification
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1. What is the only common methylation in the DNA of eukaryotes?
Options
A. Adenosine in GpA dinucleotides
B. Guanosine in ApGpA trinucleotides
C. Cytosine in CpG dinucleotides
D. None of the above
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Correct Answer: Cytosine in CpG dinucleotides
2. The conversion of pyruvate to lactate is catalysed by
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A. pyruvate carboxylase
B. lactate dehydrogenase
C. pyruvate dismutase
D. pyruvate decarboxylase
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Correct Answer: lactate dehydrogenase
3. The Ramachandran Plot illustrates the fact that
Options
A. the peptide bond is planar
B. the F & Y angles can assume any value in a peptide
C. the F & Y angles can assume only a single value in a protein
D. the F & Y angles can assume approximately three different values
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Correct Answer: the F & Y angles can assume approximately three different values
4. Glucagon and epinephrine
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A. inhibits gluconeogenesis and stimulates glycolysis
B. stimulates gluconeogenesis and glycolysis
C. stimulates gluconeogenesis and inhibits glycolysis
D. inhibits gluconeogenesis and glycolysis
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Correct Answer: stimulates gluconeogenesis and inhibits glycolysis
5. Insulin
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A. stimulates gluconeogenesis and glycolysis
B. stimulates gluconeogenesis and inhibits glycolysis
C. inhibits gluconeogenesis and glycolysis
D. inhibits gluconeogenesis and stimulates glycolysis
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Correct Answer: inhibits gluconeogenesis and stimulates glycolysis
6. Which of the following would be considered a part of metabolism?
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A. Biosynthetic pathways that build DNA
B. Catabolic pathways that break down complex carbohydrates
C. The capture of light energy for use in making glucose
D. All of the above
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Correct Answer: All of the above
7. Which of the following statements about the energy needs of cells is false?
Options
A. Without a continuous input of energy, cell disorder will increase
B. The laws of thermodynamics force cells to acquire energy
C. Many cellular reactions have an associated activation energy
D. The most usable energy for cells comes from the rapid combustion of glucose
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Correct Answer: The most usable energy for cells comes from the rapid combustion of glucose
8. Animals cannot convert fatty acids into glucose because
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A. acetyl CoA can not be converted to pyruvate
B. absence of malate synthase
C. absence of dehydrogenase
D. absence of a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
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Correct Answer: acetyl CoA can not be converted to pyruvate
9. The end products of noncyclic photophosphorylation are
Options
A. O
2
, ATP and NADPH
B. carbon dioxide, PGAL (phosphoglyceraldehyde), and H
2
C. water, ADP and NADP
+
D. carbon dioxide, ATP and water
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Correct Answer: O
2
, ATP and NADPH
10. The heme is held in place by a bond between
Options
A. the Fe
2+
and cysteine
B. the Fe
3+
and histidine
C. the Fe
3+
and cysteine
D. the Fe
2+
and histidine
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Correct Answer: the Fe
2+
and histidine
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