Repair of double strand break made during meiosis in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (1) occurs mostly by non-homologous end joining. (2) occurs mostly using the sister chromatid as a template. […]
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DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PYQ
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Recovery from Replication Fork Breakage Caused by Single-Strand Nick Requires Homologous Recombination
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- June 14, 2025
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21.single -strand nick in parental DNA helix just ahead of a replication fork causesthe replication fork to break. Recovery from this calamity requires (1) DNA ligase (2) DNA primase (3) […]
Error-Free Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Is Accomplished by Homologous Recombination
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- June 14, 2025
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Error-free repair of double strand breaks in DNA is accomplished by (1) non-homologous end-joining (2) base excision repair (3) homologous recombination (4) mismatch repair Error-Free Repair of DNA Double-Strand Breaks: […]
sos-repair-mechanism-involves-recombination-understanding-dna-damage-responses
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- June 14, 2025
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Among the following which repair mechanism involves recombination? (1) Photo active direct repair mechanism (2) SOS repair mechanism (3) Post replication repair mechanism (4) Nucleotide excision repair mechanism Which DNA […]
Meiotic Recombination Does Not Involve Newly Replicated Identical DNA Duplexes: Key Features Explained
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- June 14, 2025
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A meiotic recombination does not involve (1) formation of Holliday junction. (2) newly replicated identical DNA duplexes. (3) gene conversion. (4) crossover and non-crossover. Meiotic Recombination: What It Involves and […]
Predicting Agarose Gel Band Pattern After Repair of G:T Mismatch at HindIII Site in 6.4 Kb Plasmid Digested with HindIII and EcoRI
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- June 14, 2025
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A 6.4 Kb plasmid DNA has two restriction endonuclease sites, HindIII and EcoRI. Complete double digestion of the plasmid with both the enzymes yields two fragments of 3.1 and 3.3 […]
DNA Damage Responses Explained: Damage Bypass, Reversal, and Removal with Key Repair Proteins
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- June 14, 2025
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The complex responses to different types of DNAdamage in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes fall into three main categories: (i) damage bypass (ii) damage reversal (iii) damage removal Many repair proteins […]
Nucleotide Excision Repair in E. coli: Roles of Uvr Proteins, UvrD, and DNA Polymerase I Explained
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- June 14, 2025
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Excision repair systems replace a short stretch of DNA around the site of damage. The following statement are made about nucleotide excision repair in E. coli: (A) UvrB homodimer creates […]
Xeroderma Pigmentosum Is Caused by Defects in Nucleotide Excision Repair Mechanism
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- June 14, 2025
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Genetic disorder Xeroderma pigmentosum is due to defect in (1) Base excision repair mechanism (2) Nucleotide excision repair mechanism (3) Direct repair mechanism (4) DNA replication mechanism Xeroderma Pigmentosum: A […]
UvrABC Repair Mechanism Repairs DNA Damage Caused by Bulky Chemical Adducts
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- June 14, 2025
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The ‘Uvr ABC’ repair mechanism is involved in repairing (1) missing bases. (2) strand break. (3) cross linked strands. (4) DNA damage caused by “bulky” chemical adducts. The UvrABC Repair […]


