List of top Biochemistry Questions on Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology asked in CUET (PG)

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) produces proteins that kill certain insects and save crops: A. Bt toxin exist in inactive form (prototoxin) in bacteria B. Acidic pH of the insect gut activate toxin C. Bt toxin (protein) is present in beetles D. Due to the alkaline pH in the insect's gut it is converted into active toxin to kill the insects Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Recent studies using GFP fusion proteins have allowed study of protein dynamics in living cells. Initially, GFP was derived and cloned from:

The science of collecting small molecules in a given cell under specific conditions is called:

How much percentage of the human genome is represented by the exome?

A DNA or amino acid sequence consisting of residues that most commonly occur at each position is called:

A series of overlapping clones defining an uninterrupted section of a genome is called:

Which of the following statements are correct?(A) DNA microarray is a collection of DNA sequences immobilized on a solid surface that can be probed by hybridization.
(B) Differential centrifugation describes the separation of cell organelles by different rates of sedimentation.
(C) Amino acids that cannot be synthesized by humans but are synthesized by microbes are called essential amino acids.
(D) Equilibrium constant is specific for each chemical reaction.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A group of contiguous nucleotide codons in DNA molecule that does not include a termination codon is called:

A sequence in an mRNA that is required for binding bacterial ribosomes is called:

The enzyme reverse transcriptase: