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#Question id: 4322

If a particular operon encodes enzymes for making an essential amino acid and is regulated like the trp operon, then

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

  1. the amino acid inactivates the repressor.

  2. the repressor is active in the absence of the amino acid.

  3. the amino acid acts as a corepressor.

  4. the amino acid turns on transcription of the operon.

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#Question id: 641

#Section 2: General Biology

Which of the following does NOT describe a mechanism that cells use to regulate enzyme activities?

A. Cells control enzyme activity by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation.

B. Cells control enzyme activity by the binding of small molecules.

C. Cells control the rates of diffusion of substrates to enzymes.

D. Cells control the rates of enzyme degradation.

E. Cells control the rates of enzyme synthesis.

F. Cells control the targeting of enzymes to specific organelles. 
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#Question id: 14434

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

the centrifugal separation of biomass of 80um sized cells of density 1.04kgm-3 was carried out in a tubular centrifuge having a diameter of 15cm and rotating at 1200 rev/min. the axis of rotation was 0.8cm, the liquid viscosity was 1.0kgm-3 and 0.013 gcm-ls-1 respectively. centrifuge length is 40cm, what will be the time required for centrifuging 1000 litres of broth? 
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#Question id: 27322

#Section 5: Bioprocess Engineering and Process Biotechnology

If the maintenance coefficient (m) is significantly high, then with reduction in specific growth rate:
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#Question id: 3319

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

What will be the approximate effective population size in a panmictic population of 240 with 200 females and 40 polygamous males?
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#Question id: 4745

#Section 3: Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

In some goats, the presence of horns is produced by an autosomal gene that is dominant in males and recessive in females. A horned female is crossed with a hornless male. The F1 offspring are intercrossed to produce the F2. What proportion of the F2 offspring will have horns?