#Question id: 816
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
Protein stability primarily depends on
#Question id: 5732
#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
Consider a plant, such as maize, heterozygous for a paracentric inversion. The inversion is very small and a synapsed inversion loop does not occur in any of the cells. Which of the following statement is correct?
#Question id: 18616
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
#Question id: 11908
#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology
What is the phenotype of a person who has XXXY sex chromosomes?
#Question id: 797
#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology
With respect to microRNAs, which, if any, of the following statements, is FALSE?)
A. MicroRNA genes often occur in gene clusters within introns of protein-coding genes and are usually transcribed by RNA polymerase II.
B. Like an mRNA a miRNA is initially produced as a larger precursor RNA that, like the great majority of mRNAs, usually has a 5’ cap and a poly(A) tail.
C. MicroRNAs are produced by germ-line cells only.
D. A miRNA is initially produced as a duplex RNA but in order to work it needs to be converted into a single-strand RNA.
E. MicroRNAs usually work as transcription factors.