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A bacteriophage T2 particle contains within its head a double-stranded B-from DNA of molecular weight 1.2×108 Da. Assume that the head of a T2 Phage particle is of 210nm in length and the average molecular weight of a nucleotide is 330 Da. The length of the T2 genome is in the range of

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Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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A novel species with double-stranded genetic material consists of 5 bases namely P,Q,R,S,T, with percentage given below.
  P Q R S T
Percentage 22 28 22 12 16
Based on the above information, which one of the following inferences is not supported by the observations?
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Which one of the following processes in E. coli does not directly involve RNA?
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Which ONE of the following statements is INCORRECT for translation in cytoplasm?
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Frederick Griffith performed an experiment where mice were killed when injected with a mixture of Heat-Killed S-type Streptococcus (HKS) and Live R-type Streptococcus (LRS) but not with HKS or LRS separately. Mice were killed because
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In an experiment, bacteria were infected with P32 labelled virus in a ratio of 5:1. The culture was rigorously shaken followed by centrifugation. Radioactivity was:
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The schematic below describes the states of the lac operon in the absence of lactose. Which ONE of the following happens when lactose is present in the cell?
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The molecular weight of E coil. DNA is 3.1×109 g/mol. The average molecular weight of the nucleotide pair is 660 g/mol and each nucleotide pair contributes to 0.34 nm to the length of DNA. The length of E coli DNA molecule will be approximately:
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In the presence of glucose and lactose, Escherichia coli utilizes glucose. However, lactose also enters the cells because?