34. Nucleic Acids

During gel electrophoresis, how does DNA move through the gel?

Which enzyme is responsible for adding new nucleotides to the end of a growing DNA strand during replication?

What are the consequences of having pyrimidine dimers in DNA?

On which of the following DNA strands will UV light have the most effect?

What type of covalent bond connects the nucleotides in the backbone of the DNA strand?

Which of the following structures is not a type of RNA?

Which of the following is not made out of RNA?

Which of the following statements about viral nucleic acids is true?

Why is the number of guanines in an organism's DNA typically equal to the number of cytosines?

What does a bacterial RNA polymerase produce when it transcribes a protein-coding gene?

Which of the following is not a component of a nucleic acid?

What enzyme allows a retrovirus to synthesize DNA from an RNA template?

Which of the following does DNA polymerase require to catalyze the synthesis of DNA?

How many codons encode the initiation of translation in triplet combinations?

Which of the following is a key difference between mRNA and DNA?