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  • Question
  • What is the name given to the points at which a DNA helix is unwound and new strands develop?


  • Options
  • A. Replication origins
  • B. Replication forks
  • C. Leading strands
  • D. Okazaki fragments

  • Correct Answer
  • Replication forks 


  • DNA Structure and Replication problems


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    • 1. An RNA primer is synthesized by

    • Options
    • A. DNA helicases
    • B. ligase
    • C. DNA topoisomerase
    • D. primase
    • Discuss
    • 2. Which of the following is not a structural motif in DNA binding proteins?

    • Options
    • A. bZIP
    • B. helix-turn-helix
    • C. TFIID
    • D. zinc finger
    • Discuss
    • 3. First evident that DNA is genetic material comes from the experiment of Griffith is

    • Options
    • A. transduction
    • B. transformation
    • C. replication
    • D. translation
    • Discuss
    • 4. What is the exact name of the classical Watson-Crick double helix DNA?

    • Options
    • A. A-DNA
    • B. B-DNA
    • C. Z-DNA
    • D. X-DNA
    • Discuss
    • 5. The site on a bacterial chromosome that marks the initiation point for chromosome replication is called

    • Options
    • A. Ori
    • B. a promoter
    • C. Pro
    • D. an initiation codon
    • Discuss
    • 6. The DNA is negatively super coiled, complexes to histone,

    • Options
    • A. HU
    • B. HSP-1
    • C. H-NS
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. An important difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic DNA replication is

    • Options
    • A. eukaryotic DNA polymerases are faster
    • B. more DNA polymerases are found in eukaryotes
    • C. multiple origins of replication in eukaryotes
    • D. RNA primers are not required in eukaryotes
    • Discuss
    • 8. What does ligase do during replication of DNA?

    • Options
    • A. Synthesizes the lagging strand
    • B. Makes copies of mRNA from DNA
    • C. Joins nicks in DNA strands
    • D. Digests mRNA when it is no longer needed
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which will require a higher temperature to denature?

    • Options
    • A. DNA with a high G-C content
    • B. DNA with a high A-T content
    • C. RNA with a high G-C content
    • D. RNA with a high A-T content
    • Discuss
    • 10. For the DNA replication in eukaryotes, the cell cycle consists of

    • Options
    • A. G1, G2 and M phases
    • B. S, G2 and M phases
    • C. G1,S, G2 and M phases
    • D. G2 and M phases
    • Discuss


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