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#Question id: 4387

Lipid soluble hormones activate transcription by

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

  1. binding to specific cell-surface receptors.

  2. phosphorylating a protein kinase.

  3. binding to a nuclear receptor.

  4. inhibiting a histone deacetylase.

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#Question id: 12498

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

In this pedigree II 1 is affected with an autosomal recessive disorder. The disease status for II 2 and II 3 is unknown. A and B represent alleles at a locus which is tightly linked to the disease locus with recombination fraction of 0. On the basis of the linked marker genotypes II 2 can be told that: 
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#Question id: 3858

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

The 5' methyl guanosine caps added during RNA chain elongation performs what function?

1. prevents degradation by nucleases 

2. are recognized by protein factors

3. are used to identify the type of RNA
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#Question id: 689

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

In the diagram below, the plane drawn behind the peptide bond indicates the:   

A) absence of rotation around the C—N bond because of its partial double-bond character.

B) plane of rotation around the Ca—N bond.

C) region of steric hindrance determined by the large C=O group.

D) region of the peptide bond that contributes to a Ramachandran plot.

 Which of the following best represents the backbone arrangement of two peptide bonds?
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#Question id: 11958

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

Fat digestion yields fatty acids and glycerol, whereas protein digestion yields amino acids; both digestive processes ________.
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#Question id: 15597

#Part-B Specialized Branches in Biotechnology

The iteration formula of Newton-Raphson method for finding roots of the equation f(x) = 0 is