Biochemistry MCQ-10: Fatty acids are a type of lipid that are used as a building block for other lipids in the body. They consist of a long hydrocarbon chain with a carboxyl group at one end. The hydrocarbon chain can be either saturated (no double bonds) or unsaturated (one or […]
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DBT BET Previous Year Question Paper: 2012-2013 with Answer key: Part 4 (Question 101 – 150)
Biotechnology Eligibility Test (BET) for DBT JRF Award (2012-13) Previous Year Question Papers with Answer Key, Explanations & References Government of India, Ministry of Science & Technology Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi PART: B Set 4 (Questions 101– 150) 101. Telomeres consists of simple sequence repeats of a. CATT rich […]
Continue ReadingLife Science NET June 2015 Question Paper with Answer Key and Explanations (Part B: Question 56-70)
CSIR/JRF/NET: Life Sciences, June 2015 (I) COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR) & UGC (Original Question Paper) PART: B (Questions 56 – 70) (56). Which of the following fungal groups has septate hyphae and reproduces asexually by budding, conidia and fragmentation? a. Basidiomycota b. Zygomycetes c. Chytrids d. Glomeromycota […]
Continue ReadingNucleotide Excision Repair (NER) in Prokaryotes (DNA Repair Mechanism: Part IV)
What is Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER)? As the name suggests it is a type of DNA repair mechanism. In nucleotide excision repair or NER, the damaged base along with a short stretch of healthy strand is removed and later the gap is refilled with correct nucleotides. Thus the NER pathway […]
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CSIR/JRF/NET: Life Sciences, June 2015 (I) COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR) & UGC PART: B (Questions 21 – 40) (21). A 1% (w/v) solution of a sugar polymer is digested by an enzyme (20ug, MW = 200,000). The rate of monomer sugar (MW = 400) liberated was determined […]
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