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#Question id: 215


Raw egg white contains a protein called avidin. What happens if you ingest raw egg whites?

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
  1. Avidin helps to build muscle tissue.

  2. Avidin is the main protein involved in salmonella poisoning.

  3. Avidin binds onto the coenzyme biotin and interferes with its absorption.

  4. Avidin, also called intrinsic factor, helps transport cobalamin into the cells of the small intestine.
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#Question id: 4070

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

An enhancer

a. can be located upstream of a promoter.

b. can be located downstream of a promoter.

c. can be located a variable distance from the promoter.

d. is always located within 1 kb of the promoter.

e. can be cell-type-specific.

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#Question id: 4071

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The fact that a specific protein leaves a “footprint” on a DNA molecule is indicative of

a. a lack of interaction between the specific protein and DNA.

b. protection from DNAse by the specific protein.

c. binding of the specific protein to all types of DNA.

d. binding of the specific protein to a specific sequence of DNA.

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#Question id: 4072

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The C-terminal activation domain of transcriptional activators is capable of

a. binding to DNA. 

b. stimulating transcription.

c. interaction with other transcriptional machinery.

d. functioning in a fusion with a DNA-binding domain from an unrelated transcriptional activator.

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#Question id: 4073

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The expression of which gene(s) is (are) regulated by promoter proximal pausing?

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#Question id: 4074

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The promoter sequences of RNA polymerase III-transcribed genes are located

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#Question id: 4075

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Pre-mRNA molecules

a. exist as free RNA molecules in eukaryotic cells.

b. are associated with an abundant set of nuclear proteins.

c. are mostly located in the cytoplasm.

d. are located in the nucleus.