Fragments of DNA have been extracted from the remnants of extinct wooly mammoths, amplified, and sequenced. These can now be used to

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#Question id: 24489

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Two transesterification reactions takes place for 2 exon -1 intron configuration. Choose the correct  statement 

a. First transesterification is always caused by exon 1 -3’OH

b. second transesterification is catalysed variably either by external G or branch point while .

c. First transesterification is catalysed variably either by external G or branch point while 

d. second transesterification is always caused by exon 1 -3’OH.

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#Question id: 24464

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

rRNA are encoded by two type of RNA pol. RNA pol I and RNA pol III in which 5.8s rRNA is encodes by …………. While 5s rRNA encoded by ……

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#Question id: 4350

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Portions of the DNA sequences of normal and mutant b-globin genes are shown. The most plausible explanation for why the indicated mutation (changing an A to a G) results in the disease b-thalassemia is that the mutation

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#Question id: 4349

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

RNA Pol IV and Pol V

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#Question id: 4122

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

RNA Pol uses its active site, in a simple back-reaction, to catalyze the removal of an incorrectly inserted ribonucleotide. This phenomenon known as

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#Question id: 4121

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

The transition from the closed to the open complex involves structural changes in the enzyme and the opening of the DNA double helix to reveal the template and nontemplate strands. This “melting” involves

A. Isomerization reaction and it does not require energy derived from ATP hydrolysis

B. Isomerization is essentially irreversible and, once complete, typically guarantees that transcription will subsequently initiate

C. Positions –11 and -2, with respect to the transcription start site.