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The lac operon consists of 

  • four regulatory genes only

  • one regulatory gene and three structural genes

  • two regulatory genes and two structural genes

  • two regulatory genes and two structural genes


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one regulatory gene and three structural genes

Lac operon is the operon that regulates lactose metabolism in the bacterium Escherichia coli. Its form wast first postulated in 1961 by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod to explain the control of β- galactosidase synthesis and for this work, they were awarded Nobel Prize. Lac operon system or inducible operon system consists of regulator gene (i) promoter gene (z, y and a), repressor protein and inducer.
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Sickle cell anaemia is

  • an autosomal-linked dominant trait

  • caused by substitution of valine by glutamic acid in the β-globin chain of haemoglobin

  • caused by a change in a base pair of DNA

  • caused by a change in a base pair of DNA


Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures?

  • Nicotine

  • Morphine

  • Quinine

  • Quinine


There is no DNA in 

  • an enucleated ovum

  • mature RBCs

  • a mature spermatozoan

  • a mature spermatozoan


In eukaryotic cell transcription, RNA splicing and RNA capping take place inside the

  • ribosomes

  • nucleus

  • dictyosomes

  • dictyosomes


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