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  • Question
  • What modified base is at the 5' extremity of a capped eukaryotic m-RNA?


  • Options
  • A. 1-methyl-adenosine
  • B. 2'-O-methyl-guanosine
  • C. 7-methyl-guanosine
  • D. 1-methyl-guanosine

  • Correct Answer
  • 7-methyl-guanosine 


  • RNA Structure problems


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    • 1. The anticodon is a structure on

    • Options
    • A. mRNA.
    • B. tRNA.
    • C. aribosome.
    • D. rRNA.
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the function of messenger RNA?

    • Options
    • A. It carries amino acids
    • B. It is a component of the ribosomes
    • C. It is a direct copy of a gene
    • D. It is the genetic material of some organisms
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which of following RNA characteristically contains unusual purines and pyrimidmes?

    • Options
    • A. rRNA
    • B. nRNA
    • C. mRNA
    • D. tRNA
    • Discuss
    • 4. Retroviruses replicate via __________ intermediate

    • Options
    • A. RNA
    • B. DNA
    • C. mRNA
    • D. rDNA
    • Discuss
    • 5. What bands will be observed in a cesium chloride gradient after two rounds of replication?

    • Options
    • A. One light, one medium and one heavy band
    • B. One light and one medium band
    • C. One medium band
    • D. One medium and one heavy band
    • Discuss
    • 6. A nicked RNA molecule can be ligated by

    • Options
    • A. T4 RNA ligase
    • B. DNA polymerase
    • C. T4 DNA ligase
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. The genetic material of retroviruses such as HIV is

    • Options
    • A. DNA
    • B. RNA
    • C. protein
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. RNA instability in alkaline solutions is due to

    • Options
    • A. adenine
    • B. ribose
    • C. uracil
    • D. single strand nature
    • Discuss
    • 9. Two features of the tRNA molecule associated, in converting the triplet codon to an amino acid, are

    • Options
    • A. in the T Loop and D stem and loop
    • B. in the anticodon loop and D stem loop
    • C. in the anticodon loop and the 3' CCA end
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 10. The tertiary structure of yeast tRNA

    • Options
    • A. involves extensive base stacking interactions
    • B. resembles the 3-dimensional structure of other tRNAs
    • C. is maintained mostly by non-Watson-Crick base pairing
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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