Purines found both in DNA and RNA are:

1. Cytosine and thymine 2. Adenine and thymine
3. Adenine and guanine 4. Guanine and cytosine

Subtopic:  The DNA |
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Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of the following mRNA?

5'AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3'

1. Deletion of GGU from 7th, 8th and 9th positions
2. Insertion of G at the 5th position
3. Deletion of G from the 5th position
4. Insertion of A and G at the 4th and the 5th positions respectively

Subtopic:  Translation |
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Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to:
1. Novel DNA sequence
2. Genes expressed as RNA
3. Polypeptide expression
4. DNA polymorphism

Subtopic:  Human Genome Project |
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Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?

1. Genetic code is specific

2. Genetic code is not ambiguous

3. Genetic code is redundant

4. Genetic code is nearly universal

Subtopic:  Genetic Code: I | Genetic Code: II | Genetic Code: III | Genetic Code |
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Match the following genes of the lac operon with their respective products:

(a) i  gene (i) β -galactosidase
(b) Z gene (ii) Permease
(c) A gene (iii) Repressor
(d) Y gene (iv) transacetylase

Select the correct option

Options: (a) (b) (c) (d)
1. (iii) (iv) (i) (ii)
2. (i) (iii) (ii) (iv)
3. (iii) (i) (ii) (iv)
4. (iii) (i) (iv) (ii)

Subtopic:  Gene Regulation: Lac Operon |
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Antiparallel strands of a DNA molecule mean that:

1. one strand turns anti-clockwise
2. the phosphate groups of two DNA strands,
at their ends, share the same position
3. the phosphate groups at the start of two DNA
strands are in opposite positions (pole)
4. one strand turns clockwise

Subtopic:  DNA Double Helix |
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One gene – one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by:

1. R. Franklin

2. Hershey and Chase

3. A. Garrod

4. Beadle and Tatum

Subtopic:  Translation | Translation Mechanism |
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AIPMT - 2006
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Which antibiotic inhibits the interaction between t-RNA and m-RNA using bacterial protein synthesis?

1. Erythromycin

2. Neomycin

3. Streptomycin

4. Tetracycline

Subtopic:  Translation | Translation Mechanism |
AIPMT - 2006
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A sequential expression of a set of human genes occurs when a steroid molecule binds to the:

1. transfer RNA

2. messenger RNA

3. DNA sequence

4. ribosome

Subtopic:  Human Genome Project |
AIPMT - 2007
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One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in:

1. Neurosporacrassa

2. Salmonella typhimurium

3. Escherichia coli

4. Diplococcuspneumonia

Subtopic:  Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes |
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