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BIO 2990: MODULE 2 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PT
Questions with Answers (100% Correct Answers)1
How do nucleotides connect to adjacent nucleotides in the structure of
DNA? Answer: Via a covalent bond between the 3' hydroxyl of one
nucleotide and the 5' phosphate of the other
which of the following best differentiates DNA and RNA? Select all that
apply. Answer: RNA contains the base uracil in place of thymine, which is
in DNA & RNA is single-stranded and DNA is double stranded
For the initiation of transcription in bacteria, RNA polymerase binds to
what region on the gene? Answer: promoter
What is a codon? Answer: Three bases on the mRNA that is read by the
ribosome in the 5' to 3' direction
Wha would you use to measure the optical density of a bacterial culture?
Answer: a spectrophotometer
Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology innovations belong to the
grouping sometimes referred to as? Answer: red biotechnology
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Which of these is another term for the Sanger method of DNA
sequencing? Answer: dideoxy sequencing
The sequencing method which uses detection of pyrophosphate
liberated when nucleotides are added to a growing DNA chain is called:
Answer: pyrosequencing
In pyrosequencing, which enzyme generate the light dictated by the CCD
device? Answer: luciferase
which is the major component of the cell wall of microbes in he bacteria
domain? Answer: peptidoglycan
which is the term for the uptake of extracellular DNA into a bacterial cell?
Answer: transformation
where does transcription happen in eukaryotes? Answer: nucleus
where does translation happen in eukaryotes? Answer: cytoplasm
In prokaryotes, where and transcriptions and translation happen in?
Answer: the cytoplasm
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BIO 2990: MODULE 2 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY PT
Questions with Answers (100% Correct Answers)1
How do nucleotides connect to adjacent nucleotides in the structure of
DNA? Answer: Via a covalent bond between the 3' hydroxyl of one
nucleotide and the 5' phosphate of the other
which of the following best differentiates DNA and RNA? Select all that
apply. Answer: RNA contains the base uracil in place of thymine, which is
in DNA & RNA is single-stranded and DNA is double stranded
For the initiation of transcription in bacteria, RNA polymerase binds to
what region on the gene? Answer: promoter
What is a codon? Answer: Three bases on the mRNA that is read by the
ribosome in the 5' to 3' direction
Wha would you use to measure the optical density of a bacterial culture?
Answer: a spectrophotometer
Medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology innovations belong to the
grouping sometimes referred to as? Answer: red biotechnology
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Which of these is another term for the Sanger method of DNA
sequencing? Answer: dideoxy sequencing
The sequencing method which uses detection of pyrophosphate
liberated when nucleotides are added to a growing DNA chain is called:
Answer: pyrosequencing
In pyrosequencing, which enzyme generate the light dictated by the CCD
device? Answer: luciferase
which is the major component of the cell wall of microbes in he bacteria
domain? Answer: peptidoglycan
which is the term for the uptake of extracellular DNA into a bacterial cell?
Answer: transformation
where does transcription happen in eukaryotes? Answer: nucleus
where does translation happen in eukaryotes? Answer: cytoplasm
In prokaryotes, where and transcriptions and translation happen in?
Answer: the cytoplasm
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