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Consider the following statements regarding DNA replication and choose the correct answer:
1. The very first requirement of DNA synthesis is the presence of a template or plan along which the new strand is to be constructed
2. The second requirement is of a DNA-dependent-DNA polymerase or simply DNA polymerase enzyme
3. A DNA Pol cannot join two free nucleotides; one of them must be anchored by hydrogen bonds to a DNA strand
4. Replication takes place bidirectionally
Which of the following statements is/ are correct?
1. Uniform silk yarns are more suitable for weaving on high speed looms than hand reeled silk yarns.
2. Reeling or unwinding the filament from the cocoon is done in an establishment called a filature.
3. Doupion silk comes from two silk worms who spin their cocoon together.
4. Reeled silk or Gandhi Ashram silk is a long continuous filament 300-1600 yards in length.
Selects the correct answer
Though the right border (RB) and left border (LB) of T-DNA are identical, the DNA transfer is specific for the DNA left of the RB (the T-DNA), rather than for the DNA left of the LB because
Which of the following statements about DNA is/are correct?
1. DNA is the hereditary material of all living organisms.
2. All segments of DNA code for synthesis of proteins.
3. Nuclear DNA is double helical with two nucleotide chains which run anti-parallel.
4. DNA is also found in mitochondria.
Select the correct answer:
Steps of Recombinant DNA technology are given below.
1. Identification and isolation of the genetic material.
2. Fragmentation of DNA.
3. Obtaining the foreign gene product.
4. Downstream processing.
5. Ligation of DNA fragmentation into the vector.
6. Isolation of desired DNA fragments.
7. Amplification of gene of interest.
8. Transfer of Recombinant DNA into the host cell/organism.
The correct sequence of steps is
Consider the following statements regarding the DNA-mediated gene transfer and choose the correct answer:
1. DNA fragments carrying the gene to be transferred are mixed with a carrier DNA
2. They are then precipitated out with a calcium phosphate buffer
3. The precipitate is used to transform target cells
4. The Ca-precipitated DNA enters the cell by exocytosis
Consider the following statements regarding chain elongation during DNA synthesis and choose the correct answer:
1. The separated strands are kept open by DNA binding proteins (DBPs)
2. A DNA chain is initiated on the 3'- OH end of the primer
3. Okazaki fragments are synthesized on one strand; there is continuous DNA synthesis in the other strand
4. Okazaki fragments are joined by endonuclease
Consider the following statements regarding satellite DNA and choose the correct answer:
1. Satellite or Repetitive DNA consists of short identical genes which are repeated in tandem several hundred or thousand times
2. Such DNA is found in the region of the chromosome adjacent to the centromere
3. It is easy to separate repetitive DNA by ultracentrifugation
If transfer of DNA from Agrobacterium to plants is done via incubation of explanted material and the vector containing DNA of interest and then selection is done via selectable marker then this method is called as _________
Work done by A in one day is half of the work done by B in one day. Work done by B is half of the work done by C in one day. If C alone can complete the work in 7 days, in how many days can A, B and C together complete the work ?