RNA STRUCTURE QUIZ

RNA instability in alkaline solutions is due to

uracil

single strand nature

ribose

adenine

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Retroviruses replicate via __________ intermediate

DNA

rDNA

RNA

mRNA

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What is the average size (in bp) of a mature t-RNA?

120 bp

100 bp

80 bp

140 bp

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In RNA, uracil pairs with

adenine

cytosine

thymine

guanine

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The anticodon is a structure on

rRNA.

aribosome.

tRNA.

mRNA.

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Two features of the tRNA molecule associated, in converting the triplet codon to an amino acid, are

in the anticodon loop and D stem loop

in the anticodon loop and the 3' CCA end

None of these

in the T Loop and D stem and loop

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A nicked RNA molecule can be ligated by

all of these

T4 RNA ligase

T4 DNA ligase

DNA polymerase

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Which of following RNA characteristically contains unusual purines and pyrimidmes?

rRNA

mRNA

nRNA

tRNA

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Which of the following is the smallest of the RNAs?

All of these

Ribosomal RNAs

Transfer RNAs

Messenger RNA

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What modified base is at the 5' extremity of a capped eukaryotic m-RNA?

2'-O-methyl-guanosine

1-methyl-guanosine

1-methyl-adenosine

7-methyl-guanosine

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