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Assertion (A): Purine always comes opposite to a pyrimidine.
Reason (R): Appropriate uniform distance is maintained between the two strands of the DNA helix.

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Important Questions on Molecular Basis of Inheritance

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Choose the wrong statements from the given below
A) Lederberg and Tatum found that the bacterium donates entire genetic material to recipient
B) Ehrenberg established link between bacteria and infectious diseases
C) Pasteur showed about the significant changes of nature brought by bacteria
D) Griffith discovered recipient cells of bacteria acquire previous characters
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A student grew virus in three different media containing P32, S35 and DNAase separately and allow this virus to attack to E. coli. The series of observation made by the students are as follows:

a) P32 labelled phage particles were produced in E. coli.
b) S35 containing phage particles were produced E. coli.
c) Phage particles were observed in E. coli.

d) P32 was not observed in phage particles produced by E. coli.
e) S35 was not observed in phage particles produced by E. coli.

The correct observations are

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Light DNA N14 transferred to N15 labelled culture medium for replication. The ratio of total number of N15 and N14 labelled strands of DNA extracted from the culture after three generations
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Arrange the following events of the replication of DNA. Choose the correct alternative?
(i) Bonds between complementary bases breaks.
(ii) Bonds between complementary bases forms.
(iii) DNA molecules are uncoiled.
(iv) Opposite strands separate.
(v) Sugar phosphate bonds form.
(vi) Free nucleotides align with the complementary nucleotides on each strand.
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RNA polymerase III transcribes 3 of the following except ________
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There are 1998 bases in RNA that codes 666 amino acids and the base position at 901 is deleted such that the length of the RNA becomes 1997 bases. The number of codons altered are
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The codon which codes for methionine and also acts as initiator codon          
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Match the following?

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(a) George Gamow (i) Synthesis of RNA
(b) Har Gobind Khorana (ii) Polynucleotide Phosphorylase
(c) Marshall Nirenberg (iii) Code is made up of 3 nucleotides
(d) Severo Ochoa (iv) Cell free system for protein synthesis