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Name the study that compares entire genomes, including the complete set of genes, their nucleotide sequence and organization
Microbiology Pharmacist Competitive Exams
Q. Name the study that compares entire genomes, including the complete set of genes, their nucleotide sequence and organization
Ans → Genomics
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Q. Name the study that compares entire genomes, including the complete set of genes, their nucleotide sequence and organization
Ans → Genomics
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Ans → glial cell
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Ans → glomerulonephritis
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Ans → glomerulus
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Ans → glycocalyx
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Q. Name the highly branched storage polysaccharide that is found animal cells and bacteria
Ans → glycogen
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Ans → glycopeptides
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Ans → glycosidic bond
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Ans → gonorrhea
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Ans → Gram stain procedure
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Ans → granzymes
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Q. Name the hyperthyroidism caused by an autoimmune disease affecting thyroid function
Ans → Graves disease
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Ans → hair follicle
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Q. Name the organism that depends on high concentrations of salt in the environment to grow
Ans → halophile
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Q. Name the organism that grows in the presence of high salt concentration but does not require it
Ans → halotolerant
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Ans → Hansen’s Disease
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Ans → Uroporphyrinogen synthase I
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Q. Process of making dense, spherical pellets by means of special spheronizing or pelletizing equipment.
Ans → spheronization
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Q. If two monosaccharides differ in configuration around a single carbon atom, they are known as
Ans → Epimers
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Ans → pasteurization
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Q. Muscle glycogen does not directly contribute to blood glucose due to absence of the enyme
Ans → Absence of glucose 6-phosphatase
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Q. An interval before exponential growth of a microbial population during which cells adjust to a new environment
Ans → lag phase
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Ans → Geometric isomerism (cis-trans isomerism)
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Ans → Cerebrosides
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Ans → sawhorse projection
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Ans → immunofiltration
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Ans → cosolvent
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Q. The amino acids are said to be ketogenic when the carbon skeleton is finally degraded to
Ans → Acetyl CoA
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Q. Solid preparation that on contact with water breaks apart by the effect of gas evolution, resulting commonly from the reaction of hydrogen carbonate with citric or tartaric acid, in order to facilitate dissolution or dispersion of the active ingredient before ingestion.
Ans → effervescent tablet
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Q. The nitrogen atoms in the purine ring are obtained from
Ans → Glycine , Glutamine , Aspartate
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Q. Antibody that is a monomer when functioning as a receptor on surface of B cells but a pentamer when secreted in response to specific pathogens;
Ans → IgM
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Ans → reversible process
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Ans → Glutamate dehydrogenase
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Ans → flocculation
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Ans → entropy
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Ans → helicase
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