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#Question id: 10782

Which one of the following are not shown the characteristics of Saponins_____

#SCPH05 I Biotechnology
  1. steroid and triterpene glycosides, so named because of their soaplike properties
  2. presence of both lipid-soluble (the steroid or triterpene) and watersoluble (the sugar) elements in one molecule gives saponins detergent properties
  3. Phenolic compounds that contain a phenol group—a hydroxyl functional group on an aromatic ring

  4. The toxicity of this compound is thought to be a result of their ability to form complexes with sterols

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#Question id: 18373

#I Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V

Scientists engineered a bacterial strain of P. fluorescens which is able to degrade 2,4-dinitrotoluene. This bacteria also helps in 
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#Question id: 2103

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

When a plant cell, such as one from a tulip leaf, is submerged in a hypertonic solution, what is likely to occur?
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#Question id: 6982

#SCPH06 I Botany

Which of the following genes control the final structures of appendages from each segment?
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#Question id: 13099

#SCPH01 Biochemistry

 You are a scientist who is using genomics to currently study a new bacterial species that no one has ever studied before. The following sequence is a piece of DNA within the coding region of a gene that you have recently sequenced.
 
You are using shotgun sequencing to determine the DNA sequence of the genome of this new bacterial species. For one strand of a 30-nucleotide long stretch of DNA, you get the following sequences out of your shotgun sequencing reaction. 
 
Choose correct 30-nt-long DNA sequence with the help of above-mentioned fragments
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#Question id: 3465

#SCPH28 | Zoology

One species lives only in tree holes; another species lives only in streams.