Determine the correctness or otherwise of the following Assertion (A) and the Reason (R).
Assertion: Isopropylthiogalactoside (IPTG) is a gratuitous inducer of lactose operon.
Reason: Gratuitous inducers are chemical analogs which behave like natural inducer but they do not serve as substrate for the enzymes that are subsequently synthesized.
A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct reason for (A)
B. Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct reason for (A)
C. (A) is true but (R) is false
D. (A) is false but (R) is true
Answer: Option A
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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