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  • Question
  • In paracrine signaling, the signaling molecules affects only


  • Options
  • A. target cells close to the cell from which it was secreted
  • B. target cells distant from its site of synthesis in cells of an endocrine organ
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • target cells close to the cell from which it was secreted 


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    • 1. Salt dissolves well in water as water molecules

    • Options
    • A. form hydrogen bonds with the positively and negatively charged ions
    • B. make nonpolar covalent bonds with the positively charged ions only
    • C. surround the ions because of their charge but do not form hydrogen bonds
    • D. share electrons with the ions to make polar covalent bonds
    • Discuss
    • 2. What transports copper from the intestinal cells to the liver?

    • Options
    • A. Ceruloplasmin
    • B. Secretin
    • C. Acrolein
    • D. Albumin
    • Discuss
    • 3. The sugar which forms major component of nucleic acids is

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    • A. ribose
    • B. galactose
    • C. mannose
    • D. maltose
    • Discuss
    • 4. In aerobic respiration, the compound that enters a mitochondrion is

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    • A. acetyl CoA
    • B. pyruvate
    • C. phosphoglyceraldehyde
    • D. oxaloacetate
    • Discuss
    • 5. What radioactive molecule is used to end-label an oligonucleotide?

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    • A. (alpha)-32P-ATP
    • B. (alpha)-32P-dUTP
    • C. (gamma)-32P-ATP
    • D. Any of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. In Counter immunoelectrophoresis

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    • A. electrophoresis will drive the antibody and antigen parallel to each other
    • B. electrophoresis will drive the antibody and antigen toward each other
    • C. the antibody will migrate towards anode
    • D. the antibody will migrate towards cathode
    • Discuss
    • 7. Cholesterol is somewhat amphipathic due to

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    • A. the single hydroxyl along with the hydrocarbon nature of the remainder of the molecule
    • B. the long branched hydrocarbon along with the four hydrocarbon rings
    • C. the five-methyl groups along with the hydrocarbon chain
    • D. the three six-membered rings along with the single five-membered ring
    • Discuss
    • 8. The role of primase is to

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    • A. dismantle RNA primer
    • B. cleave and unwinds short sections of DNA ahead of the replication fork
    • C. proofread base pairing
    • D. synthesize an RNA primer to begin the elongation process
    • Discuss
    • 9. The first protein complex to bind to the TATA box is

    • Options
    • A. transcription factor IIA
    • B. transcription factor IIB
    • C. transcription factor IID
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. In an SDS-PAGE

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    • A. proteins are denatured by the SDS
    • B. proteins have the same charge-to-mass ratio
    • C. smaller proteins migrate more rapidly through the gel
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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