Match each item in Column I with one item in Column II and chose your answer from the codes given below.

Column I

Column II

I. RNAi

II. Ribozyme

III. PCR

IV. Monoclonal antibodies

1. Fire and Mello

2. Thomas Cech

3. Kyle Mullis

4. Millstein and Kohler

Codes:

I II III IV
1. 1 2 3 4
2. 2 1 4 3
3. 2 1 3 4
4. 1 2 4 3

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Consider the following statements:

I:  RNAi takes place in all eukaryotic organisms as a method of cellular defense.
II:  It involves the silencing of a specific mRNA due to complementary dsDNA molecules that prevent the translation of mRNA.
III:  Fire and Mello got the Nobel Prize for the discovery of RNAi.

Which of the above statements are true?

1. I and II only 2. I and III only
3. II and III only 4. I, II, and III
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RNAi is a mechanism to silence genes with the help of :

1.ssRNA2.dsRNA
3.ssDNA4.dsDNA

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A biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression or translation, by neutralizing targeted mRNA molecules is known as:

1.Bioprospecting2.Molecular pharming
3.RNA interference4.Insertional mutagenesis

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Fire and Mello shared noble prize for RNAi while working on:

1. Arabidopsis thaliana 2. Drosophila melanogaster
3. Coenorhabditis elegans 4. Zea mays
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