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Set 18 Post Transcriptional Regulation In Eukaryotes

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Having two copies of the X- chromosome gene_______initiates the female sex- determining pathway by which gene regulatory mechanism?

A)DSX; alternative polyadenylation
B)DSX; alternative splicing
C)TRA; alternative splicing
D)SXL; alternative splicing
E)SXL; alternative polyadenylation

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Question 2

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What is the general name of enzymes that add phosphate groups to protein targets?

A)proteases
B)acetylases
C)kinases
D)phosphatases
E)ligases

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Question 3

(Essay)

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A researcher is studying plant development.She isolates a mutant and discovers that the piece of DNA that is mutated does not code for a protein.However,this piece of DNA is complimentary to a gene known to function in early embryonic plant development.The mutant she identified most likely functions as an_______.
A)general transcription factor known to regulate many different genes
B)ribosomal RNA rRNA)
C)microRNA miRNA)
D)transfer RNA tRNA)
E)intron

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