7.012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Transmembrane Domain, Start Codon, Cell Membrane
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1. | In addition to identifying the genetic material, the experiments of Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty with different strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae demonstrated that | ||||||||||
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2. | In order to show that DNA in cell extracts is responsible for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae, important corroborating evidence should indicate that _______ also destroy transforming activity. | ||||||||||
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3. | Based on what you have learned about the experiments conducted by Griffith and Avery and colleagues with bacteria, which of the following would result in transformation of living R cells? | ||||||||||
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4. | A-T base pairs in a DNA double helix | ||||||||||
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5. | If 23 percent of the bases in a sample of double-stranded DNA are adenine, what percentage of the bases are uracil? | ||||||||||
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6. | The uniform diameter of the DNA structure provides evidence for | ||||||||||
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7. | If a sequence of one strand of DNA is 5â²-TGACTATC-3â², what is the complementary strand? | ||||||||||
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8. | What structural aspect of the DNA facilitates dissociation of the two DNA strands for replication? | ||||||||||
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9. | If the MeselsonâStahl density gradient experiment had resulted in two bands of DNA molecules after only one round of replication, one containing only 15N and the second only 14N, this result would have indicated that replication was | ||||||||||
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10. | The nucleoside analogue acyclovir, which is used to treat herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections, lacks a 3â² hydroxyl group (âOH). Predict what will happen if the host cell DNA polymerase incorporates a molecule of acyclovir into an elongating strand of HSV DNA. | ||||||||||
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11. | Which of the following does not demonstrate the stability of the DNA double helix? | ||||||||||
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12. | What effect would a primase inhibitor have on DNA replication? | ||||||||||
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13. | To replicate their DNA in a timely manner, most eukaryotic chromosomes | ||||||||||
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14. | Which statement about DNA replication is false? | ||||||||||
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15. | In many eukaryotes, there are repetitive sequences called telomeres at the ends of chromosomes. After successive rounds of DNA replication, the _______ strand becomes shorter. In some cells, an enzyme called _______ repairs the shortened strand. | ||||||||||
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16. | A researcher studies normal human fibroblast cells. They can be maintained in culture but die off after about 30 cell generations. Unexpectedly, a colony of cells continues to survive and divide past 30 generations. Which scenario is most likely true for these cells? | ||||||||||
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17. | If DNA polymerase III introduces an incorrect nucleotide, what is the first corrective action made by the DNA repair system? | ||||||||||
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18. | Choose the correct order of the following four events in the excision repair of DNA: (1) Base-paired DNA is made complementary to the template. (2) Damaged bases are recognized. (3) DNA ligase seals the new strand to existing DNA. (4) Part of a single strand is excised. | ||||||||||
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19. | Six complete cycles of PCR should result in a _______-fold increase in the amount of DNA. | ||||||||||
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20. | When double-stranded DNA is heated to temperatures above 90°C, it denatures. Denaturation is a process that | ||||||||||
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Which type of RNA is unique to eukaryotes?
mRNA | ||
rRNA | ||
tRNA | ||
snRNA | ||
Its a trick, all cells have all four types of RNA. |
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QUESTION 2
The region of DNA to which RNA polymerase binds to initiate transcription is the:
origin | ||
promoter | ||
enhancer | ||
none of the above are correct |
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QUESTION 3
Holoenzyme:
is RNA polymerase core enzyme. | ||
is sigma factor. | ||
is core plus sigma factor. | ||
none of the above are correct. |
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QUESTION 4
Which of these is formed FIRST when RNA polymerase binds to a promoter?
The closed promoter complex | ||
The open promoter complex | ||
A rho-independent terminator | ||
none of the above are correct. |
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QUESTION 5
A hairpin loop followed by a run of Us:
is the sequence formed in the sense strand of a gene using a rho-independent terminator. | ||
is the sequence recognized by the rho protein. | ||
is the structure formed in RNA that causes rho-independent termination. | ||
is formed immediately after the open promoter complex is formed. |
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QUESTION 6
RNA polymerase:
reads the template strand of the DNA in the 3' to 5' direction. | ||
synthesizes the RNA in the 5' to 3' direction. | ||
can begin transcription without a primer. | ||
all of the above are correct. |
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QUESTION 7
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Bacteria like E. coli have only one type of sigma factor. | ||
RNA polymerase has no proofreading activity. | ||
The promoter of a gene is upstream of the RNA-coding region. | ||
Bacterial transcriptional terminators are copied into RNA to cause termination. |
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QUESTION 8
If the template strand of a gene has the sequence 5' ATGCGAT 3', then:
the RNA produced will have the sequence 5' AUGCGAU 3'. | ||
the RNA produced will have the sequence 5' UAGCGUA 3'. | ||
the RNA produced will have the sequence 5' AUCGCAU 3'. | ||
None of the above are correct. |
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QUESTION 9
The sense strand:
is the lagging strand | ||
is also the template strand. | ||
always goes left to right. | ||
none of the above are correct. |
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QUESTION 10
Which of these is transcribed but not translated?
mRNA | ||
tRNA | ||
rRNA | ||
all of the above | ||
tRNA and rRNA are transcribed but not translated. |
please help i am a bit confused