Molecular Biology Questions
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When glucose and fructose join to make sucrose, what type of chemical reaction occurs?
What organelle would be abundant in a liver cell that filters toxins from the blood?
How do the secondary structures of proteins form?
Fluoride has an atomic mass of 19. How many protons and neutrons does it contain?
The nucleus, an organelle found in eukaryotic cells, confines the ____?___ keeping them separated from other components of the cell.
Number of different nucleotides/bases
Enzymes have a(n) ___ site to which specific substrates bind.
Which molecule represents a lipid?
Which of the molecules contain peptide bonds or are sugar molecules?
From your knowledge of BMI, what most likely is Mr. Means?
____ help to supercoil the DNA by using 8 histones and a H1 histone.
What type of bond can form between two water molecules?
The nucleic acids DNA and RNA are polymers of ___________
Which molecule could be hydrolysed into amino acids?
A certain gene codes for a polypeptide that is 120 amino acids long. Approximately how many nucleotides long is the mRNA that codes for this polypeptide likely to be?
A biochemist isolated and purified molecules needed for DNA replication. When some DNA was added replication occurred, but the DNA molecules formed were defective. Each consisted of a normal DNA strand paired with segments of DNA a few hundred nucleotides long. Which of the following had been left out of the mixture?
____ is the synthesis of complex molecules from simpler molecules, including the formation of macromolecules.
What type of molecule is formed by the chemical reaction shown in the diagram?
Mr. Means is 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs 235 lbs. What is his BMI rounded to one decimal place?
Which enzyme removes the RNA primer during replication?