Radioactive thymidene is fed to cells about to enter S-phase. It will make radioactive
(1) euchromatin
(2) heterochromatin
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) neither euchromatin nor heterochromatin
What would happen, if in a gene encoding a polypeptide of 50 amino acids, 25th codon (UAU) is mutated to UAA?
(1) A polypeptide of 49 amino acids will be formed
(2) A polypeptide of 25 amino acids will be formed
(3) A polypeptide of 24 amino acids will be formed
(4) Two polypeptides of 24 and 25 amino acids will be formed
Which one of the following set meaning is not different?
(1) Cistron |
– |
Triplet |
(2) DNA profile |
– |
DNA type |
(3) Gene pool |
– |
Genome |
(4) Gene |
– |
Codon |
Okazaki is known for his contribution to the understanding of
(1) transcription
(2) translation
(3) DNA replication
(4) mutation
The beginning of understanding genetic transformation in bacteria was made by
(1) Frederick Griffith
(2) Hershey and Chase
(3) Watson and Crick
(4) TH Morgan
If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is 45%, the amount of guanine in this DNA will be
(1) 22.5%
(2) 27.5%
(3) 45%
(4) 55%
AUG codes for
(1) valine
(2) histidine
(3) phenylalanine
(4) methionine
In the lac operon model, lactose molecules function as:-
(1) inducers, which bind with the operator
gne
(2) repressors, which bind with the operator
gene
(3) inducers, which bind with the repressor
protein
(4) corepressors, which bind with repressors
protein
A recessive mutant is one which is
(1) not expressed
(2) rarely expressed
(3) expressed only in homozygous and hemizygous state
(4) expressed only in heterozygous state
If the total amount of adenine and thymine in a double-stranded DNA is 60%, the amount of guanine in this DNA will be
(1) 15%
(2) 20%
(3) 30%
(4) 40%