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Home Biochemistry Disease Associated with Immune System See What Others Are Saying!
  • Question
  • Bone marrow given to an infant with SCID must


  • Options
  • A. be irradiated to eliminate GVHD
  • B. contain mature T cells that can begin making immune responses immediately
  • C. come from a donor that shares some MHC alleles with the recipient
  • D. come from one of the child's parents

  • Correct Answer
  • come from a donor that shares some MHC alleles with the recipient 


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    • 1. The role of Asp 102 and His 57 during trypsin catalysis is to

    • Options
    • A. neutralize the charge on the other's side chain
    • B. keep the specificity pocket open
    • C. function as a proton shuttle
    • D. clamp the substrate into the active site
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is a second messenger?

    • Options
    • A. lnositol 1,4,5-triphosphate
    • B. Diacyl glycerol
    • C. Phospholipase C
    • D. Both (a) and (b)
    • Discuss
    • 3. Transcription by E. coli polymerase occurs in

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    • A. four phases known as initiation, propagation, elongation and termination
    • B. three phases known as initiation, elongation and termination
    • C. two phases known as initiation and termination
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 4. Upstream regions which are essential for correct transcription are called

    • Options
    • A. enhancers
    • B. start codons
    • C. promoters
    • D. transcription factors
    • Discuss
    • 5. The products of urea cycle are

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    • A. 1 molecule of urea, 1 molecule of ammonia, 1 molecule of ATP and 1 molecule of fumaric acid
    • B. 1 molecule of fumaric acid, 1 molecule of urea, 1 molecule of AMP, 2 molecules of ADP
    • C. 1 molecule of aspartic acid, 1 molecule of ammonia, 1 molecule of fumaric acid, 1 molecule of ATP
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. For a molecule to absorb IR, why must the molecule's vibrations cause fluctuations in the dipole moment of the molecule?

    • Options
    • A. Because a change in dipole moment lowers the energy required for electronic transitions
    • B. Because for absorption to occur, the radiation must interact with the electric field caused by changing dipole moment
    • C. Because fluctuations in the dipole moment allow the molecule to deform by bending and stretching
    • D. All of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. 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
    • 8. In order to insert a foreign gene into a plasmid, both must __________

    • Options
    • A. have identical DNA sequences
    • B. originate from the same type of cell
    • C. be cut by the same restriction enzyme
    • D. be of the same length
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which of the following amino acids interact with the DNA or RNA backbone (i.e. phosphate)?

    • Options
    • A. Ile and Val
    • B. Lys and Arg
    • C. Leu and Ala
    • D. Cys and Met
    • Discuss
    • 10. 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


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