Question 26 What is true for CpG Islands: Question 26 options: stretches of a few hundred base pairs of DNA where cytosines are unmethylated are not associated with genes are not found around the promoters are associated with silenced genes Question 27 Depurination is a type of: Question 27 options: Oxidative DNA damage Hydrolytic DNA damage Aberrant DNA methylation Aberrant DNA acetylation Question 28 Methylation of DNA is normally a repressive signal Question 28 options: True False

DNA methylation is a process in which the methyl groups are added to the DNA strand.

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Question 26

What is true for CpG Islands:

Question 26 options:

	stretches of a few hundred base pairs of DNA where cytosines are unmethylated
	are not associated with genes
	are not found around the promoters
	are associated with silenced genes

Question 27

Depurination is a type of:

Question 27 options:

	Oxidative DNA damage
	Hydrolytic DNA damage
	Aberrant DNA methylation
	Aberrant DNA acetylation

Question 28

Methylation of DNA is normally a repressive signal

Question 28 options:

	True
	False

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