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DNA Replication


This quiz is based on the process of DNA replication in both Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes.

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1.

The enzyme that (during replication) proceeds along one of the strands of a DNA molecule adding deoxy-nucleotide-triphosphates to hydrogen bond with their appropriate complementary dNTP on the other single strand and to form a covalent phosphodiester bond with the previous nucleotide of the same strand is called :

  DNA Polymerase I

  DNA Polymerase II

  DNA Polymerase III

  Primase

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2.

DNA Polymerase III is actually an aggregate of several different protein subunits. So it is often called a :

  Holoenzyme

  Primeosome

  replisome

  None of the above

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3.

The enzyme that replaces the nucleotides of the RNA primer with the appropriate DNA nucleotides is :

  DNA Polymerase II

  RNA Polymerase

  DNA Ligase

  DNA Gyrase

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4.

Which of the following agents is not a mutagen ?

  Ultraviolet radiation

  A retrovirus

  A transposon or jumping gene

  None of the above

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5.

A repeating DNA sequence at the end of chromosomes that prevents them from losing base pair sequences at their ends and from fusing together is called :

  A Telomere

  A Telomerase

  A replicon

  None of the above.

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6.

The enzyme responsible for initiating the unwinding of double-stranded DNA (eliminating supercoiling) by nicking a single strand of the DNA molecule is :

  Topoisomerase

  Ligase

  Gyrase

  Helicase

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7.

In 1940, Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock discovered sequences of DNA that can move around to different positions within the genome of a single cell and cause mutations. These sequences (first observed in maize) are called :

  Transposons

  inverted repeats

  direct repeats

  sticky ends

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