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  • Question
  • 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

  • Correct Answer
  • DNA was responsible for heredity 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • 3. The most common liquid volumes in molecular biology are measured in

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    • A. ml
    • B. ?l
    • C. nl
    • D. 1
    • Discuss
    • 4. 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
    • 5. DNA helicase is used to

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    • A. unwind the double helix
    • B. interact the double helix closely
    • C. break a phosphodiester bond in DNA strand
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. A cesium chloride will separate DNA molecules by

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    • A. absorption
    • B. resorption
    • C. density
    • D. adhesion
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following is incorrect?

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    • A. In DNA double helix, two strands of the DNA are bound with each other with the bases
    • B. Adenine always pairs with thymine
    • C. Guanine always pairs with the cytosine
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 8. Which DNA polymerase removes RNA primers in DNA synthesis?

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    • A. Polymerase I
    • B. Polymerase II
    • C. Polymerase III
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. DNA gyrase in E. coli

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    • A. adds positive supercoils to chromosomal DNA
    • B. can be inhibited with antibiotics
    • C. is required only at the oriC site
    • D. performs the same function as helicase in eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 10. Enzyme, responsible for proofreading base pairing is

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    • A. DNA polymerase
    • B. Telomerase
    • C. Primase
    • D. DNA ligase
    • Discuss


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