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  • Question
  • Overwinding or overtightening of DNA during replication is caused and removed by


  • Options
  • A. DNAb, DNA polymerase
  • B. DNAa, gyrase
  • C. DNAb, gyrase
  • D. Single stranded protein, DNAa

  • Correct Answer
  • DNAb, gyrase 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. Okazaki fragments occur on the __________ and are bonded together by __________

    • Options
    • A. Leading strand, polymerase
    • B. mRNA, anticodons
    • C. Lagging strand, ligase
    • D. tRNA, polymerase
    • Discuss
    • 2. What is the approximate percentage of repetitive DNA sequences in human DNA?

    • Options
    • A. 10 to 20%
    • B. 20 to 30%
    • C. 30 to 40%
    • D. 40 to 50%
    • Discuss
    • 3. 30 nm wide helix with five or six nucleosomes per helix is known as

    • Options
    • A. solenoid
    • B. halonoid
    • C. kinoplast
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 4. The rapid appearance of HIV-1 strains that are resistant to AIDS drugs is due in part to which of the following property of its reverse transcriptase?

    • Options
    • A. AZT (zidovudine) is too expensive to be taken in effective doses
    • B. The RNase H domain of p66 causes error prone synthesis
    • C. It lacks a proofreading exonuclease
    • D. It has low affinity for the correct dNTP's
    • Discuss
    • 5. The nicks or gaps between Okazaki fragments are eventually sealed by

    • Options
    • A. gyrase
    • B. DNA ligase
    • C. RNA ligase
    • D. polymerase
    • Discuss
    • 6. In a cesium chloride gradient, DNA labeled with 15N and centrifuged will form a band

    • Options
    • A. above DNA containing 14N
    • B. below DNA containing 14N
    • C. with 14N-containing DNA
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which enzyme catalyzes the elongation of DNA molecules?

    • Options
    • A. DNA polymerase
    • B. Helicase
    • C. DNA ligase
    • D. Primase
    • Discuss
    • 8. Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, being need in the chain termination methods are

    • Options
    • A. dATP
    • B. dGTP and dCTP
    • C. dTTP
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Reverse transcriptase produces

    • Options
    • A. DNA from peptides
    • B. RNA from DNA
    • C. RNA from RNA
    • D. DNA from RNA
    • Discuss
    • 10. Without telomerase, what would happen to the ends of chromosomes after each round of replication?

    • Options
    • A. Chromosomes would become progressively shorter
    • B. Nothing would happen
    • C. Chromosomes would get longer
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss


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