For analyzing DNA sequences, two techniques have been developed, one is _________ method frequently termed_________, involving the enzymatic synthesis of DNA and stopping the synthesis at specific nucleotides. While another technique, the __________ method of DNA sequencing developed by ___________ is often used for sequencing small fragments of DNA.

#Question id: 2151

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Which of the following statement(s) is (are) true of transmembrane proteins?

a. All contain a hydrophobic α helix.

b. Some serve as membrane attachment sites for peripheral membrane proteins.

c. Some contain more than one membrane-spanning domain.

d. All are asymmetrically oriented in the lipid bilayer.

#Question id: 2152

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Precursors of membrane phospholipids are

a. soluble in the cytosol.                    

b. incorporated into biosynthetic intermediates.

c. sometimes complexed with fatty-acid-binding proteins.

d. stored in glycerolosomes.

e. sometimes activated by conjugation with CDP.

#Question id: 2153

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Membrane phospholipids include

a. cholesterol.            

b. plasmologens.        

c. sphingolipids.         

d. triglycerides.                      

e. bile acids.

#Question id: 2154

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Membrane lipids are distributed appropriately between the two leaflets of a given membrane by

a. dockases.    

b. trumpases.              

c. fatty acid desaturases.        

d. flippases.    

e. transmembrane tunnelases.

#Question id: 2155

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Cholesterol is

a. unrelated to any plant lipids.                     

b. not found in chloroplast membranes.

c. encoded by an intron-containing gene on chromosome 23.

d. relatively abundant in the plasma membrane and endocytic membranes.

e. synthesized in the ER.

#Question id: 2156

#SCPH28 | Zoology

Proteins known to be involved in Golgi apparatus independent transport of lipids include

a. StAR protein.                                 

b. Neimann-Pick C1 (NPC1) protein.

c. HMG CoA reductase.                    

d. acyl:cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT).

e. cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase.