A TE buffer contains 200 mMTris and 50 mM EDTA. Given the stock solutions – 0.5 M Tris and 0.5 M EDTA, volumes of stock solutions required to make 1 […]
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How Many Runs Should a Cricketer Score to Increase Batting Average
A cricketer has an average of 62 runs after playing 25 innings. How many runs should he score in the next innings so as to increase his average to 65 […]
Understanding the Enzyme-Linked Immunospot (ELISPOT) Assay and Its Role in Cytokine Analysis
52. Enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assay measures: (a)Cytokine concentration in culture supernatant (b)Expression of cytokine gene (c)Intracellular cytokine concentration (d)Number of cytokine releasing cells at single cell level Article: Introduction The […]
DNA denaturation cooperative phenomenon
Denaturation of DNA is a 1. temperature-independent process 2. linear process 3. cooperative phenomenon 4. neither linear nor a cooperative process What is DNA Denaturation? DNA denaturation refers to the […]
Why You Don’t Need Topoisomerase in a PCR Reaction Mix for Gene Amplification
51. DNA replication requires DNA-Topoisomerase to remove the supercoiling of DNA that accumulates at the end of a growing replication fork. You wish to perform a PCR amplification of a […]
How to Calculate the Specific Growth Rate of Organisms Using Monod Growth Model
What is 10 / 8 (1) 2 (2) 1.25! (3) 90 (4) 1.25 Calculating the Specific Growth Rate Using the Monod Growth Model The Monod growth model is a widely […]
Which Aminoacyl-tRNA Binds First to the P Site During Bacterial Translation?
50. During translation which one of the following aminoacyl-tRNA binds first to the P site of bacterial ribosomes? (a) fMet-tRNAfMet (b) fMet-tRNAMet (c) Met-tRNAfMet (d) Met-tRNAMet Article: Introduction In the […]
Understanding Why Sucrose is Non-Reducing Sugar
Which of the following is a non-reducing sugar? 1. fructose 2. galactose 3. ribose 4. sucrose What is a Non-Reducing Sugar and Why is Sucrose One? In the world of […]
What Is the Shortest Land Route Between Mumbai and Mexico on the Same Latitude?
49. The shortest land route has to be determined from Mumbai to a city X in Mexico at the same latitude. The route will be: (a)A line curving so that […]
How to Calculate the Specific Growth Rate of Organisms Using Monod Growth Model
An organism exhibits Monod growth with the following growth parameters, µm= 0.6 h -1 & Ks = 4 g/l. The specific growth rate, µ, of the organism at a substrate […]


