USABO Practice Tests Questions And Answers VERIFIED

What enzyme does HIV use to convert RNA to DNA? - Reverse Transcriptase The promoter region of a prokaryotic gene is located ______ to the gene and is the binding site for ______. - 5'...RNA polymerase Which of the following is TRUE of prokaryotes? I. Simultaneous transcription and translation II. Presence of intron sequences III. Circular DNA - I and III only Integral transmembrane proteins are proteins imbedded in the cell membrane. Which of the following amino acids would you MOST expect to find in the transmembrane region of such proteins? - Tryptophan When the base composition of DNA from bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis was determined, 18% of the bases were found to be adenine. What is the G + C content in M. tuberculosis? - 64% The frequency of individuals affected with an autosomally recessive inherited disorder is 1 in 4. Assuming that the population affected by this disease is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the proportion of carrier individuals in this population? - 50% The velocity of action potential conduction across a nerve axon is increased by the presence of the myelin sheath. In the peripheral nervous system, what cell myelinates the axon? - schwann cell The cell bodies of afferent (sensory) nerves involved in somatic reflexes are located in the - Dorsal root ganglion Rods and cones are associated with _____ and _____ vision, respectively. - Light/dark...color