A mutation in a gene that codes for a polypeptide results in a variant polypeptide that lacks the last three amino acids. What type of mutation is this?
A. Synonymous mutation
B. Nonsense mutation
C. Missense mutation
D. Silent mutation
Answer: Option B
RNA is very much susceptible to hydrolysis in alkali because
A. It contains uracil residues in its structure
B. its 2'-OH group participate in intramolecular cleavage of phosphodiester backbone
C. Cleavage occurs in the glycosylic bonds of purine bases
D. Cleavage occurs in the glycosylic bonds of pyrimidine bases
A. Binding of the rho protein upstream of the termination element
B. No protein factors and only RNA secondary structure and run of 'U's
C. Presence of UGA or UAA stop codons
D. Binding of accessory factors at termination signal
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
C. (A) is false but (R) is true
D. (A) is true but (R) is false
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