In a DNA double helix complementary bases are bound to each other by what type of bond?
Hydrogen bonds
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If 16% of the bases found in an organism's DNA are made up of adenine, what percentage of thymine will be found in that DNA (assume the organism's DNA is double stranded)?
16%
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If 16% of the bases found in an organism's DNA are made up of adenine, what percentage of cytosine will be found in that DNA (assume the organism's DNA is double stranded)?
34%
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What is the main enzyme used for the replication of DNA in E.coli?
DNA Polymerase
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What is the complementary stand for 5' GACGTACTACGACTATGGC 3'
CTGCATGATGCTGATACCG
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If the coding stand of a piece of DNA is 5' ATGCCGAATGGAGTAACA 3' what is the sequence of amino acids that it codes for?
met pro asn gly val thr
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Fill in the blank. Bacterial and eukaryotic gene promoters are regions of DNA that contain binding sequences for ....................... and RNA polymerase
Transcription factors
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Fill in the blank. RNA polymerase unwinds DNA and makes an mRNA copy. RNA polymerase elongates the mRNA in a ......................
5' to 3' direction
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Fill in the blank. In bacteria, transcription is often terminated by the introduction of a ..................... in the newly formed mRNA.
Hairpin structure and Uracil base
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The codon for the amino acid methionine (met) is AUG. What is the corresponding anticodon found on the tRNA that carries methionine amino acid?
UAC
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The smallest monosaccharides are made from how many carbon bonds in the backbone carbon chain?
3
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A saturated fatty acid has how many double carbon bonds in the backbone carbon chain?
0
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The process of cellular respiration in mitochondria generates which molecules that is used as an energy store?
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
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Membrane fluidity is affected by:
All
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When the hydroxyl group on the anomeric carbon in a cyclic sugar is in the beta position it is:
Above and on Carbon 1
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A triglyceride is made up of:
Glycerol and 3 Fatty acids
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What type of curve is produced by a Michaelis-Menten enzyme when reaction velocity (v) is plotted against substrate concentration (S)?
Rectuagular Hyperbola
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What are the names of the metabolic pathways responsible for the biosynthesis and breakdown, respectively of glucose?
Glycolysis and Gluconeogenesis
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How many ATP molecules can be made from glucose in brain and heart tissue?
36-brain 38-heart
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Which organ produces but does not utilise ketone bodies?
Liver
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Which 4 carbon molecules fuses with acetate to form which 6 carbon intermediately in the TCA cycle
Oxaloacetate + Acetate = Citrate
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How many ATP molecules can be derived from FADH2 and NADH+H respectively via the electron trasport chain?
2 FADH2 and 3 NADH+H
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Card 2
Front
If 16% of the bases found in an organism's DNA are made up of adenine, what percentage of thymine will be found in that DNA (assume the organism's DNA is double stranded)?
Back
16%
Card 3
Front
If 16% of the bases found in an organism's DNA are made up of adenine, what percentage of cytosine will be found in that DNA (assume the organism's DNA is double stranded)?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is the main enzyme used for the replication of DNA in E.coli?
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Card 5
Front
What is the complementary stand for 5' GACGTACTACGACTATGGC 3'
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