BMS1047: Genetics and Molecular Biology

What is the central dogma of molecular biology?

What did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment demonstrate?

What is the role of proteins in the universal features of life?

How does the structure of DNA provide a mechanism for heredity?

What is the significance of the experiment conducted by Griffith using Streptococcus pneumoniae?

Which of the following is a characteristic exclusive to eukaryotic DNA?

Which concept did the experiments conducted by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty clarify about genetic material?

What is the key feature of DNA's double helix structure that allows it to be accurately replicated?

What insight did the work of Phoebus Levene provide regarding the structure of DNA?

If a double-stranded DNA molecule globally contains 20% guanine, what percentage of adenine would it contain?

What is the primary significance of semi-conservative DNA replication?

According to the universal features of life on Earth, how do cells replicate their hereditary information?

What structural feature is unique to RNA compared to DNA?

Which of the following represents the correct order of the central dogma of molecular biology?

What would be the most likely structural consequence if a purine-purine base pairing occurred within a DNA double helix?

What is the relationship between a gene and a protein according to the universal features of life?

During DNA replication, what critical feature ensures the accurate transmission of hereditary information?

What role do proteins play in the context of the universal features of cellular life?

Which principle did Griffith's experiment with Streptococcus pneumoniae reveal about heredity?

In the context of molecular biology, what is meant by 'templated polymerization' in DNA replication’?

Which outcome accurately describes the result observed in Avery, Macleod, and McCarty’s experiments?

What is the significance of Chargaff's rules in the context of DNA structure?

What is the critical role of complementary base pairing in the double helix structure of DNA?

Why is DNA replication considered a semi-conservative process?

If a cell cannot perform transcription, which process will be directly affected?

According to the central dogma, what molecule is directly responsible for carrying genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosome for protein synthesis?

Which base pairing is likely to happen during transcription?

What is the significance of the 5' to 3' directionality in DNA sequencing?

What structural factor contributes to DNA's capacity to store an enormous amount of genetic information?

What modification to Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty’s experiment would definitively confirm DNA as the transforming principle?

Given a single strand of DNA with the sequence 5'-GTCG-3', what would be the sequence of its complementary strand?

Considering the requirements for accurate DNA replication, why is base-pairing fidelity essential?

In the absence of proteins, which cellular process would be most severely affected according to the universal features of life?

What did Griffith observe in his experiment that suggested the occurrence of transformation?

In what way is DNA replication regarded as ‘templated’?

What type of bond links the individual nucleotides together to form a strand of DNA?

Why did Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty use enzymes in their experiments?

If a segment of DNA has 100 base pairs, how many nucleotides are present?

Which of the following experimental steps was crucial in Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty's experiment to identify the 'transforming principle'?

What key observation from Fred Griffith's experiment led to the principle of transformation in bacteria?

What is the primary function of DNA?

How does the double helix structure of DNA contribute to its function?

If a segment of DNA contains 30% adenine, what percentage of cytosine would be expected?

Why is the concept of 'templated polymerization' critical to DNA replication?

What would be the direct consequence if a cell could not perform transcription?

What is the role of mRNA in executing the instructions encoded in DNA?

What is the significance of the 5' to 3' directionality during DNA replication?

How does the structure of DNA allow for its enormous capacity to store genetic information?

What is the expected outcome if DNA ligase is non-functional during DNA replication?

Which of the following is a direct application of understanding the central dogma?

During transcription, which base in RNA pairs with adenine in DNA?

What role do proteins serve as catalysts in the universal features of life?

Which universal feature of cells ensures accurate hereditary information transfer between generations?

If a mutation prevented the formation of ribosomes, what process would be most directly affected?

In bacterial cells lacking the enzyme DNA gyrase, what would be the most likely consequence during DNA replication?

According to the universal features of life, what would happen if a cell’s proteins lost their function?

How do the base pairs in a DNA double helix contribute to its overall stability?

Which statement accurately describes the relationship between genes and proteins?

If a drug inhibited the enzyme aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, what cellular process would be most affected?

What structural feature is primarily responsible for DNA strands forming a double helix, rather than remaining single strands?

What is the direct impact on protein synthesis if transfer RNA (tRNA) is unable to bind to ribosomes?

During DNA replication, what is the role of single-stranded binding proteins (SSB)?

Why is proofreading activity an essential feature of DNA polymerases?

The main text for this module is _Molecular Biology of the _______ by Bruce Alberts.

Characteristics passed from parent to offspring are known as ______ traits.

The hereditary material identified in the middle of the 20th century, encoding an organism's phenotype, is ______.

Fred Griffith’s experiments involved working with different strains of ______.

Griffith's experiments led to the discovery of ______ as the heritable factor.

Avery, Macleod, and McCarty found virulence was transferred via ______.

The molecule that carries the heritable information is ______.

A DNA molecule consists of two ______ chains of nucleotides.

In eukaryotes, DNA is enclosed in a cell ______, unlike in prokaryotes.

In DNA, there are 4 nucleotides: adenine, guanine, ______, and thymine.

The process of creating RNA from DNA is called ______.

After transcription, the process of creating proteins from RNA is called ______.

The ______ states that information cannot go from Protein to DNA or RNA

All cells store their hereditary information in the form of double-strand ______ molecules.

Cells replicate their hereditary information by ______ polymerization.

______ act as Catalysts.

Cells transcribe their DNA into ______.

All cells translate RNA into ______.

Each protein is encoded by a specific ______

The structure of DNA double helix is held together by ______ bonds.

DNA is replicated by ______ polymerisation’ replication of dsDNA. The Meselson-Stahl experiment.

In terms of the structure of DNA, a purine (A or G) always base pairs with a ______(T or C).

A DNA molecule consists of two complementary chains of ______.

Each protein is encoded by a specific [BLANK].