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#Question id: 3830


Why is DNA damage in skin cells from exposure to excessive UV light not completely reversed by photoreactivation?

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
  1. DNA photolyase in humans is activated only under conditions of heat shock.

  2. Humans lack a photoreactivation repair mechanism.

  3. The presence of histones greatly slows photoreactivation, thus humans depend primarily on other forms of DNA repair.

  4. Photoreactivation is specific for the removal of thymine dimers. Thymine dimers do not form in human DNA.

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#Question id: 2818

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Human mitochondrial DNA

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#Question id: 2819

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

A typical eukaryotic gene consists of which of the following elements?

a. internal ribosome binding sites       b. introns         c. exons            d. enhancers

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#Question id: 2820

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Multiple mRNAs can arise from a primary transcript by use of alternative

a. splicing.      b. poly(A) sites.                      c. promoters.               d. ribosome binding sites.

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#Question id: 2821

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Which of the following is (are) encoded by multiple genes present in the human genome?

a. ribosomal RNA       b. transfer RNA                       c. histone            d. lysozyme

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#Question id: 2822

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Transposition by a bacterial insertion element

a. occurs at a frequency of approximately 1 in 10^3 cells per generation.

b. can inactivate an essential gene.    

c. is mediated through a RNA intermediate.

d. requires the enzyme transposase

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#Question id: 2823

#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Transposition by a retrotransposon requires activity of which of the following enzymes?

a. RNA polymerase                b. reverse transcriptase

c. DNA methylase                  d. DNA polymerase