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  • Question
  • Which enzyme catalyzes the elongation of DNA molecules?


  • Options
  • A. DNA polymerase
  • B. Helicase
  • C. DNA ligase
  • D. Primase

  • Correct Answer
  • DNA polymerase 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. 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
    • 2. 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
    • Discuss
    • 3. 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
    • 4. 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
    • 5. 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
    • 6. Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates, being need in the chain termination methods are

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

    • Options
    • A. DNA from peptides
    • B. RNA from DNA
    • C. RNA from RNA
    • D. DNA from RNA
    • Discuss
    • 8. 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
    • 9. In DNA, nucleotides are covalently joined together by

    • Options
    • A. 3', 5' phosphodiester bonds to form a repetitive sugar-phosphate chain
    • B. 2', 5' phosphodiester bonds to form a repetitive sugar-phosphate chain
    • C. 2', 3' phosphodiester bonds to form a repetitive sugar-phosphate chain
    • D. 3', 4' phosphodiester bonds to form a repetitive sugar-phosphate chain
    • Discuss
    • 10. TM refers to the temperature at which

    • Options
    • A. membranes are 50% fluid
    • B. 50% of a DNA molecule is denatured
    • C. 50% of a protein molecules are denatured
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss


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