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40. The enzyme that plays a key role in glucose homeostasis is: (a) Fructokinase , (b) Galactokinase , (c) Glucokinase , (d) Hexokinase Which Enzyme Is Crucial for Glucose Homeostasis? […]

39. Which one among the following is NOT a characteristic of an “Enhancer”? (a) It is conserved in evolution , (b) It is transcribed to form enhancer RNA , (c) […]

38. Copy number variation (CNV) signifies: (a) A short (1- 4 nucleotide) highly polymorphic DNA sequence, widely distributed in the genome (b) DNA segments > 1 Kb repeated multiple times […]

37. Peroxisomes are different from mitochondria and chloroplast mainly because they are: (a) Not the major sites of oxygen utilization, (b) Surrounded by double membrane, (c) Surrounded by single membrane […]

36. Digitalis is used for the treatment of congestive heart failure because: (a) It can dissolve clots to release congestion , (b) It can increase the force of contraction of […]

35. Which one of the following is the most effective reducing agent of disulfide bonds in proteins? (a) 2-mercaptoethanol, (b) Dithiothreitol, (c) Ethanethiol, (d) Ethanol Introduction Disulfide bonds are critical […]

34. A 20-mer peptide composed of all 20 coded standard amino acids was hydrolyzed with 6N HCl. However, only 17 amino acids were detected when the hydrolysate was analyzed by […]

33. You have an assay method that can estimate compound A upto level 10 mg/ml. If you need to modify it so that you can estimate 0.1 mg/ml, you need […]

32. Chip-on-chip, a technique that combines chromatin immune precipitation with microarrays, is used to identify: (a) micro-RNA coding genes, (b) Protein motifs involved in protein-protein interaction, (c) Protein-coding regions in […]

31. Fake medicines are a nuisance that shatter the faith of patients in medicine and enhance the emergence of drug resistance. A medicine is likely to be fake if: (a) […]