Gene Expression Exam Review

What is a bacteriophage

• mouse

• bacteria

• virus

• scientist

Which scientist showed that there is a chemical that contains genetic information that can be passed from one organism to another.

• Griffith

• Avery

• Hershey & CHase

• Rosalind Franklin

When DNA is lost to the environment by 1 bacteria and picked up by a different bacteria who can then use the DNA, we call that process

• protein synthesis

• translation

• transcription

• transformation

What happened when Griffith injected mice with R strain

• they died

• they lived

What happened when Griffith injected mice with S strain

• they died

• they lived

What was the "transforming factor" according to Avery?

• RNA

• protein

• DNA

• capsid

DNA does NOT contain which of the following

• phosphorous in the phosphate group

• Carbon in the sugar

• nitrogen in the base

• sulfur in the nucleotide

Which of the following store information in a cell

• DNA

• Carbohydrates

• Lipids

• Proteins

A nucleotide contains

• a sugar

• a phosphate

• a nitrogenous base

• all of them

If 22.3% of a DNA sample is thymine, how much will be adenine?

• 22.3%

• 44.6%

• 27.7%

• 55.4%