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DNA Replication problems


  • 1. DNA gyrase is inhibited by

  • Options
  • A. tetracycline
  • B. nalidixic acid
  • C. both (a) and (b)
  • D. cephalosporin
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following repairs nicked DNA by forming a phosphodiester bond between adjacent nucleotides?

  • Options
  • A. Helicase
  • B. DNA gyrase
  • C. Topoisomerases
  • D. DNA ligase
  • Discuss
  • 3. In E.coli, which enzyme synthesizes the RNA primer for Okazaki fragments?

  • Options
  • A. DnaA
  • B. DnaC
  • C. DnaG
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 4. Both strands of DNA serve as templates concurrently in

  • Options
  • A. replication
  • B. excision repair
  • C. mismatch repair
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 5. Which of the following lacks 3'-5' exonuclease activity?

  • Options
  • A. Short fragment of DNA polymerase I
  • B. Taq DNA polymerase
  • C. T4 DNA ligase
  • D. All of the above
  • Discuss

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