Molecular Biology Quiz 11 (30 MCQs)

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1. In eukaryotic cells, transcription cannot begin until
2. What happens in Inversion?
3. In what phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?
4. Describes the twisted ladder-like shape of a DNA molecule
5. Ligases are the glue of biotechnology. What enzymes act like scissors?
6. The reactants of photosynthesis are
7. Gel electrophoresis sorts DNA molecules on the basis of their..
8. Which is a difference between DNA and RNA
9. How would the absence of sunlight affect a plant's ability to grow?
10. Transcription happens in the ..... and Translation happens in the .....
11. Which scientist(s) made an x-ray diffraction photo of DNA?
12. In a gel electrophoresis the short strands travel ..... distances while the long strands travel ..... distances.
13. What is the gel-like substance inside of cells called?
14. Which refers to the breakdown of macromolecules into simpler building blocks?
15. A student isolates, purifies, and combines in a test tube a variety of molecules needed for DNA replication. After adding some DNA to the mixture, replication occurs, but each DNA molecule consists of a normal strand paired with numerous segments of DNA a few hundred nucleotides long. What has the student probably left out of the mixture?
16. Enzymes are classified as which of the following biological organic compounds?
17. A mutation is defined as:
18. Which is the primary molecule in the cell that is broken down to get energy?
19. This nucleic acid is single stranded
20. Codons contain ..... bases
21. This is a sequence of nucleotides from a section of mRNA.AUGAAACGCACGCAGFrom which DNA sequence has it been transcribed?
22. In gene regulation a gene is "turned on" by a(n)
23. When DNA is transcribed to RNA.....
24. The two "backbones" of the DNA molecule consist of
25. What type of bond is formed when correct base pairs come together?
26. How many codons are needed to specify for five amino acids?
27. What is the function of messenger RNA?
28. Which enyzme would be found only on the lagging strand?
29. How many amino acids can be represented by a single 3-base DNA sequence?
30. What enzyme builds the mRNA strand during transcription?