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  • Question
  • DNA helicase is used to


  • Options
  • A. unwind the double helix
  • B. interact the double helix closely
  • C. break a phosphodiester bond in DNA strand
  • D. none of the above

  • Correct Answer
  • unwind the double helix 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. Telomeres are usually rich in which nucleotide?

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    • A. Adenine
    • B. Guanine
    • C. Thymine
    • D. Cytosine
    • Discuss
    • 2. When DNA polymerase is in contact with guanine in the parental strand, what does it add to the growing daughter strand?

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    • A. Phosphate
    • B. Cytosine
    • C. Uracil
    • D. Guanine
    • Discuss
    • 3. Proteins involved in opening a replication bubble are

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    • A. DNA helicases
    • B. single stranded binding proteins
    • C. ligase
    • D. DNA topoisomerase
    • Discuss
    • 4. The chromosomal DNA complexes with

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    • A. three types of histone as H1, H2A and H4
    • B. five types of histone as H1, H2A, H2B, H3 and H4
    • C. four types of histone as H1, H2A, H3 and H4
    • D. two types of histone as H1 and H4
    • Discuss
    • 5. In DNA double helix, the two DNA chains are held together by

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    • A. covalent bonds between the pair of bases
    • B. hydrogen bonds between the pair of bases
    • C. ionic bonds between the pair of bases
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. DNAs when charged, migrate in a gel towards the

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    • A. positive pole
    • B. negative pole
    • C. will not migrate
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The most common liquid volumes in molecular biology are measured in

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    • A. ml
    • B. ?l
    • C. nl
    • D. 1
    • Discuss
    • 8. In DNA, there are

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    • A. five bases known as adenine, guanine, thymine, tryptophan and cytosine
    • B. four bases known as adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine
    • C. three bases known as adenine, guanine and cytosine
    • D. only two bases known as adenine and cytosine
    • Discuss
    • 9. If one cell has AT contents 40%, what will be the percentage of Guanine residue?

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    • A. 60%
    • B. 15%
    • C. 30%
    • D. Guanine residue can not be calculated
    • Discuss
    • 10. The overall conclusion of the Hershey-Chase experiment was that

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    • A. DNA was responsible for heredity
    • B. proteins and DNA were responsible for heredity
    • C. the ratio of Adenine to thymine was always the same
    • D. phage DNA was similar to bacterial DNA
    • Discuss


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