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Question 31 Mark
Write the two components of nucleoside.
Answer
(i) Pentose sugar
(ii) Nitrogen base either purine or pyrimidine.
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Question 41 Mark
What is gene gun (biological)? Write one use of it.
Answer
Gene Gun : It is a method in which the plant cells are bombarded with high velocity micro-particles of gold or tungsten coated with DNA.
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Question 51 Mark
Write the two functions of genetic codon AUG.
Answer
(i) It codes for methionine amino acid
(ii) It acts as a initiation codon.
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Question 61 Mark
What are Rho-factors?
Answer
Rho factor is a protein involved in the termination of transcription. It binds to a site on the newly formed transcript, using its ATP as source of energy to dissociate this transcript and release in cytoplasm. in prokaryote, termination sites have been divided into two groups : (i) rho dependent terminator (ii) rho independent terminator
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Question 71 Mark
If the sequence of one stand of DNA is as follow:
5'-AAGTTACTAGAC-3
Write the sequence of mRNA framed from this DNA.
Answer
5'-AAGUUACUAGAC-3
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Question 81 Mark
Write the four characteristics of genetic code.
Answer
(i) It is Universally triplet in nature.
(ii) It is read continuously without any punctuation mark.
(iii) It shows degeneracy i.e. one genetic code on can codify only one amino acid.
(iv) Genetic code do not show ambiguity..
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Question 91 Mark
Discuss the four essential criteria for a molecule to act as genetic material?
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(i) This molecule should be capable to make its own copy.
(ii) It should be situated on the basis of composition and chemical organization.
(iii) There is a possibility of slow changes (mutation) which are necessary for development.
(iv) It should express itself according to Mendel's
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Question 111 Mark
Who is given the credit of development of methodology to determine the sequence of amino acid in proteins?
Answer
Frederick Sanger
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Question 121 Mark
Expand the terms BAC and YAC.
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BAC = Bacterial Artificial Chromosome
YAC = Yeast Artificial Chromosome
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Question 161 Mark
Describe the length of DNA helix and number of nitrogen bases in one helix.
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The length of a DNA helix is 34A and there are 20/10 pairs nitrogen bases in one helix.
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Question 181 Mark
What are monocistronic m-RNA ?
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When mRNA has the message for coding only one polypeptide chain it is called monocystronic mRNA.
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Question 191 Mark
How many types of mRNA exist on the basis of number of cistron?
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There are two types of mRNA on the basis of number of cistrons called monocistronic e.g. eukaryotes and polycystronic m-RNA c.g. prokaryotes.
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Question 201 Mark
Which is smallest RNA and how many nucleotide has it?
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t-RNA is the smallest RNA which consist of 75 to 80 nucleotides.
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Question 221 Mark
What do you understand by commaless in genetic code.
Answer
There exist no punctuation mark between two successive codon.
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Question 231 Mark
What is negative regulation?
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When the product of regulator gene inhibit the expression of a gene it is called negative regulation of gene. e.g. Lac Operon.
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