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Bio Chapter 14 Quiz
Question | Answer |
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If DNA of a particular species was analyzed and it was found that it contains 27 percent A, what would be the percentage of C? 27 30 23 54 | 23 percent |
The experiments by Hershey and Chase helped confirm that DNA was the hereditary material on the basis of the finding that: radioactive phage found in the pellet radioactive cells found in the supernatant radioactive phosphorus found in the cell | radioactive phosphorus was found in the cell |
DNA double helix does not have which of the following? antiparallel configuration complementary base paring major and minor grooves uracil | uracil |
In eukaryotes, what is the DNA wrapped around? single-stranded binding proteins sliding clamp polymerase histones | histones |
Meselson and Stahl's experiments proved that DNA replicates by which mode? conservative semi-conservative dispersive none of the above | semi-conservative |
If the sequence of the 5'-3' strand is AATGCTAC, then the complementary sequence has the following sequence: 3'-AATGCTAC-5' 3'-CATCGTAA-5" 3'-TTACGATG-5' 3'GTAGCATT-5' | 3'-TTACGATG-5' |
Which of the following components is not involved during the formation of the replication fork? single-strand binding proteins helicase origin of replication ligase | ligase |
Which of the following does the enzyme primase synthesize? DNA primer RNA primer Okazaki fragments phosphodiester linkage | RNA primer |
In which direction does DNA replication take place? 5'-3' 3'-5' 5' 3' | 5'-3' |
The ends of the linear chromosomes are maintained by helicase primase DNA pol telomerase | telomerase |
During proofreading, which of the following enzymes reads the DNA? primase topoisomerase DNA pol helicase | DNA pol |
The initial mechanism for repairing nucleotide errors in DNA is ______. mismatch repair DNA polymerase proofreading nucleotide excision repair thymine dimers | DNA polymerase proofreading |