Molecular Basis of Inheritance

Name the enzyme that facilitates opening of DNA helix during transcription.

1. DNA polymerase
2. RNA polymerase
3. DNA helicase
4. DNA ligase

Purines found both in DNA and RNA are:

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

Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to :

1. DNA polymorphism
2. Novel DNA sequences
3. Genes expressed as RNA
4. Polypeptide expression

Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of following mRNA? 5' AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3'

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

Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?

1. Genetic code is nearly universal
2. Genetic code is specific
3. Genetic code is not ambiguous
4. Genetic code is redundant

Match the following genes of the Lac operon with their respective products : Select the correct option.

1. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(iv), (d)-(ii)
2. (a)-(iii), (b)-(iv), (c)-(i), (d)-(ii)
3. (a)-(i), (b)-(iii), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)
4. (a)-(iii), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iv)

The experimental proof for semi-conservative replication of DNA was first shown in a

1. fungus
2. bacterium
3. plant
4. virus

Select the correct match :

1. Alec Jeffreys - Streptococcus pneumoniae
2. Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase - TMV
3. Matthew Meselson and F. Stahl - Pisum sativum
4. Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod - Lac operon

Select the correct match :

1. Ribozyme - Nucleic acid
2. F2 Recessive parent - Dihybrid cross
3. T.H. Morgan - Transduction
4. G. Mendel - Transformation

Many ribosomes may associate with a single mRNA to form multiple copies of a polypeptide simultaneously. Such strings of ribosomes are termed as

1. polysome
2. polyhedral bodies
3. plastidome
4. nucleosome