Q. Protein synthesis rates in prokaryotes are limited by the rate of mRNA synthesis. If RNA synthesis occurs at the rate of 50 nucleotides/sec, then rate of protein synthesis occurs at

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Q. The site of protein synthesis is

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Q. The structure in a bacterium that indicates an active site for protein synthesis is

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Q. The lowest level of chromosome organization is

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Q. Number of autosomes in humans is

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Q. What proportion of the human genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences?

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Q. The extra chromosomal, self-replicating, double stranded, closed, circular DNA molecules are called

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Q. Which out of the following statements is true about human genome?

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Q. Which of the following is false about introns?

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Q. Which of the two organelles contain their own DNA and ribosomes?

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Q. About what proportion of mitochondrial proteins are encoded by nuclear DNA?

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Q. Short interspersed elements are about

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Q. Long interspersed elements are about

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Q. The phenomenon of twisting around itself by a molecule to relieve helical stress is

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Q. When there is no net bending of the DNA axis upon itself, the DNA is said to be in a

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Q. Over-twisting of a molecule results in

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Q. Changing twist from relaxed state requires adding energy and increases the

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Q. The enzyme responsible for the removal of supercoiling in replicating DNA ahead of the replication fork is

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Q. The type of topoisomerases which generally relaxes DNA by removing negative supercoiling is

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Q. The type of topoisomerases that can introduce negative supercoils is

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