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Set 6 Dna Structure Replication And Recombination

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Question 1

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The first level of compaction of DNA consists of

A) DNA winding around histones to form small nucleosomes.
B) tight coiling of DNA with nucleosomes into higher order structures.
C) high level compaction into metaphase-type chromosomes.
D) histone,DNA,and nonhistone covalent bonding.
E) DNA double helix unwinding.

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Question 2

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The total compaction of DNA as seen in metaphase chromosomes is approximately ______ fold.

A) 10,000
B) 50,000
C) 100,000
D) 40
E) 4

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Question 3

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Histones appear to have a singular role in the packaging of DNA.The nonhistone proteins in chromatin have all of the following functions except

A) compacting DNA
B) activity at different moments in the cell cycle
C) centromere function activity
D) forming the nucleosome core
E) regulating gene expression

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