what is a palindromic sequence?

Q: What is a Watson–Crick base pair?

A: Two nucleotides in the complementary strands of the nucleic acids are connected to each other by…

Q: What is Simple sequence repeat?

A: The genome of every individual contains millions of genetic variation or variants which make each…

Q: What is an intron?

A: The genetic information of all living organisms is stored in the DNA. The specific sequence of DNA…

Q: Which nucleotides break the rules of Watson–Crick basepairing when they are found at the wobble…

A: The wobble hypothesis states that the base at 5' end of the anticodon is not spatially confined as…

Q: How are the repeated sequences generated?

A: Introduction Repeated sequences are patterns of nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) that occur at multiple sites…

Q: Why did we obtain the sequence from the forward primers separate from the reverse primer?

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a hereditary molecule that passes genetic information from one…

Q: What does SERMs stand for?

A: Ans: SERM: The term SERM stands for Selective estrogen receptor modulators.

Q: Define the Okazaki fragments ?

A: The biochemical molecule that is built up with two polynucleotide chains is called DNA…

Q: What different methods were used to help break the genetic code? What did each method reveal and…

A: The genetic code is a triplet code, in which three nucleotides encode each amino acid in a protein.…

Q: How were the specific sequences of triplet codes determined experimentally?

A: The DNA genetic code comprises a set of rules and instructions to obtain proteins and molecules…

Q: What is the difference between isoschizomer and neoschizomer?

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Q: What are base analogs ?

A: Ans: Base analogs: Analogs are refereed to as structurally similar molecules.

Q: What is an SNP?

A: Single nucleotide polymorphism is a substitution of a single nucleotide.

Q: When aligning the three sequences (ATGC, AATC, AATG), one can use a 3-D "Manhattan Grid", with each…

A: ANSWER: ATG-C AAT-C AA-TG

Q: What is the annotation of the genome?

A: A gene is the fundamental unit of heredity, physical and functional. Gens consist of DNA. Some genes…

Q: Why are the proteins cleaved into small fragments for protein sequencing?

A: Proteins are the end product of the molecular translation that codes the information present in the…

Q: What is the beta-pleated sheet?

A: When two or more polypeptide chain segments line up side by side, beta-pleated sheets form. A…

Q: What are degenerate primers? Name two uses for degenerate primers.

A: Introduction  A primer is a small sequence of nucleic acids that serves as the precursor to DNA…

Q: What does 'biological sequence database' refer to?

A: Bioinformatics aids in the storage and process of large biological information by the aid of…

Q: What are Watson-Crick base pairs? Why are they important?

A: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a type of biomolecule. It is a polymer of deoxyribonucleotides…

Q: If the code were a sextuplet (containing of six nucleotides), would the reading frame be restored by…

A: A frameshift mutation is induced by adding or deleting several nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is…

Q: What Is the Nature of Amino Acid Sequences?

A: Amino acid is the organic compound that acts as building blocks of protein and it is composed of an…

Q: What is a restriction fragment?

A: A restriction fragment can be defined as the amount of  DNA fragment which occurs due to the cutting…

Q: How do you translate this into amino acid sequence

A: The process of synthesis of protein with the help of messenger RNA is called translation. In the…

Q: Draw the structure of a typical insertion sequence and identify its parts.

A: There are two types of transposons such as replicative and non-replicative transposons. They are…

Q: What is meant by the phrase reading frame?

A: The genetic sequence is comprised of nucleotides, which are joined together to form polynucleotides…

Q: What are the base-pairing rules?

A: The nucleotides present in the DNA are known as base pairs. There are a total of four base pairs -…

Q: What are contiguous fragments ?

A: Using complementary sequences that have been synthesised & combined to create a mixture of…

Q: What is the Kozak Sequence?

A: A small amino acid sequence act as an initiation sequence and binds to the mRNA in order to start…

Q: how are okazaki fragments created?

A: An Okazaki fragment refers to DNA fragments that are formed during the DNA replication process.

Q: What are the Okazaki fragments?

A: Deoxy ribonucleic acid (DNA) is the genetic material of most organisms that carry coded genetic…

Q: What is Kozak sequence ? who invented this ?

A: Introduction  The process of transcribing the mRNA into protein is called Translation. There are 3…

Q: How base tautomerization causes mutation?

A: Mutations are changes that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, either due to…

Q: What is CRISPR?

A: Introduction  Bacteria and viruses are tough competitor to each other, in order to overcome each…

Q: What are frame-shift insertion?

A: Mutations are changes that occurs in the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence, either due to…

Q: What is RNA primer?

A: The nucleic acid is a nucleotides chain that stores genetic information. It forms RNA and DNA that…

Q: What is a motif? Why is it useful for computer programs to identifyfunctional motifs within amino…

A: Bioinformatics has permitted molecular biologists to store and analyze a large amount of data…

Q: What is the transformation factor?

A: The process in which the genetic material formed of the naked DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), which is…

Q: What is the importance of proteins for living beings? What is the name of the DNA duplication…

A: Protein is a macronutrient that is essential to building muscle mass,It is commonly found in animal…

Q: What is the E-value of the sequence, what does your E-value reflect and what’s the importance of an…

A: Bioinformatics is the branch of science that deals with the genome, gene, and protein sequences. It…

Q: What is the Shine-Dalgarno sequence?

A: The process of protein synthesis involves various components like mRNA, tRNA, release factors, and…

Q: If you have access to the necessary computer software, make asequence file and analyze it in the…

A: The sequencing of genetic information is important for proper study and analysis, and with the…

Q: What are Okazaki fragments and how they are formed?

A: As the name suggests, DNA replication is a process that creates two identical copies of the original…

Q: How many base pairs are changed in the sickle cell mutation?

A: in sickle-cell anemia, the gene for beta globin is mutated. As a result the mutated protein is…

Mitochondrial Mutations

A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.