Given some properties of cytokinin;

a) Kinetin is a naturally occurring plant growth regulator

b) it does occur as a base in the DNA of any species

c) It is a by-product of the heat-induced degradation of DNA

d) the deoxyribose sugar of adenosine is converted to a furfuryl ring and shifted from the 9 position to the 6 position on the adenine ring

which of the following given statements incorrect?

#Question id: 4400

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which is the first factor to bind at the promoter of eukaryotic genes?

a. RNA polymerase

b. TFIIA

c. TFIIB

d. TFIID 

e. TATA box–binding protein

#Question id: 4401

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the following occur(s) during Pol II transcription preinitiation complex formation?

a. TFIIA binds to TFIIB.  b. TFIIB unwinds the DNA.

c. TFIIB contacts both TATA box–binding factor and DNA.

d. DNA bends.

#Question id: 4402

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Chromatin-mediated repression of transcription involves

a. modification of lysine residues in histones. 

b. large, multiprotein complexes.

c. acetylation of histone tails.   

d. deacetylation of histone tails.

#Question id: 4403

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

 Which of the following does (do) not require a DNA helicase activity?

a. SWI/SNF function  b. Pol II open-complex formation

c. transcription-factor binding to DNA

d. deacetylation of histone tails

#Question id: 4404

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The yeast two-hybrid system can be used to identify

a. proteins that interact with a known or “bait” protein.

b. proteins that interact with a “fish” domain.

c. cDNAs that encode interacting proteins.

d. co-activators and co-repressors.

#Question id: 4405

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Which of the following can occur when steroid hormone binds to its cognate receptor?

a. conformational changes in the receptor

b. translocation of the receptor out of the cell membrane

c. binding of the receptor to DNA response elements

d. stimulation of transcription