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What are the molecules vital to life?
What are the molecules vital to life?
- Membranes, bonds, and aqueous interior
- Proteins, fatty acids, and lipids (correct)
- Z-DNA, chromosomes, and genes
- Polymers, macromolecules, and DNA
What is the amount of DNA in one human cell sufficient to encode?
What is the amount of DNA in one human cell sufficient to encode?
- Approximately 100,000 genes in the human genome (correct)
- Approximately 1,000,000 genes in the human genome
- Approximately 1,000 genes in the human genome
- Approximately 10,000 genes in the human genome
What do new technologies make possible in relation to DNA?
What do new technologies make possible in relation to DNA?
- Create new conformations of DNA
- Manipulate and study single molecules of DNA (correct)
- Increase the amount of DNA in a cell
- Eliminate the need for chromosomes
What do physicists study about DNA under the microscope?
What do physicists study about DNA under the microscope?
What are linear molecules containing partitioned DNA called?
What are linear molecules containing partitioned DNA called?
DNA is composed of many small molecules, called Z-DNA
DNA is composed of many small molecules, called Z-DNA
Proteins provide the cell with structure and carry out its mechanical and enzymatic work
Proteins provide the cell with structure and carry out its mechanical and enzymatic work
There is enough DNA in one human cell to encode the approximately 50,000 genes in the human genome
There is enough DNA in one human cell to encode the approximately 50,000 genes in the human genome
New laboratory techniques for analyzing, fractionating, and sequencing DNA cannot be developed using single-molecule studies
New laboratory techniques for analyzing, fractionating, and sequencing DNA cannot be developed using single-molecule studies
Fatty acids store energy in their bonds, and lipids form the membranes that seal off the cell's aqueous interior from its aqueous exterior
Fatty acids store energy in their bonds, and lipids form the membranes that seal off the cell's aqueous interior from its aqueous exterior
