Under which of the following conditions will there be no change in the reading frame of the following mRNA?
5'AACAGCGGUGCUAUU 3'
1. | Deletion of GGU from 7th, 8th and 9th positions |
2. | Insertion of G at the 5th position |
3. | Deletion of G from the 5th position |
4. | Insertion of A and G at the 4th and the 5th positions respectively |
Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) refers to:
1. Novel DNA sequence
2. Genes expressed as RNA
3. Polypeptide expression
4. DNA polymorphism
Which of the following features of genetic code does allow bacteria to produce human insulin by recombinant DNA technology?
1. Genetic code is specific
2. Genetic code is not ambiguous
3. Genetic code is redundant
4. Genetic code is nearly universal
Purines found both in DNA and RNA are:
1. | Cytosine and thymine | 2. | Adenine and thymine |
3. | Adenine and guanine | 4. | Guanine and cytosine |
Match the following genes of the lac operon with their respective products:
(a) | i gene | (i) | -galactosidase |
(b) | Z gene | (ii) | Permease |
(c) | A gene | (iii) | Repressor |
(d) | Y gene | (iv) | transacetylase |
Select the correct option
Options: | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) |
1. | (iii) | (iv) | (i) | (ii) |
2. | (i) | (iii) | (ii) | (iv) |
3. | (iii) | (i) | (ii) | (iv) |
4. | (iii) | (i) | (iv) | (ii) |
One gene – one enzyme hypothesis was postulated by:
1. R. Franklin
2. Hershey and Chase
3. A. Garrod
4. Beadle and Tatum
One gene-one enzyme relationship was established for the first time in:
1. Neurosporacrassa
2. Salmonella typhimurium
3. Escherichia coli
4. Diplococcuspneumonia
Which one of the following pairs of nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids is wrongly matched with the category mentioned against it?
1. Thymine, Uracil - Pyrimidines
2. Uracil, Cytosine - Pyrimidines
3. Guanine, Adenine - Purines
4. Adenine, Thymine - Purines
DNA or RNA segment tagged with a radioactive molecule is called:
1. | vector | 2. | probe |
3. | clone | 4. | plasmid |
Which one of the following is used as a vector for cloning genes into higher organisms?
1. Baculovirus
2. Salmonella typhimurium
3. Rhizopus nigricans
4. Retrovirus