Definitions/Explanation : Replication fork & Transcription

 

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For long $DNA$ molecules, since the two strands of $DNA$ cannot be separated in its entire length the replication occur within a small opening of the $DNA$ helix referred to as replication fork.

$=$ The process of copying genetic information from one strand of the $DNA$ into $RNA$ is termed a transcription.

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At what level gene expression does not occur ?

During in vitro synthesis of $DNA$, a researcher used $2',\,3'$ -dideoxy cytidine triphosphate as raw nucleotide in place of $2'-$ deoxy cytidine. What would be the consequence ?

Match List $I$ with List $II$ . 

List $I$ List $II$
$A$. Frederick Griffith $I$. Genetic code
$B$. Francois Jacob and Jacque Monod $II$. Semi-conservative mode of DNA replication
$C$. Har Gobind Khorana $III$. Transformation
$D$. Meselson and Stahl $IV$. Lac operon

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$A$ : $c-DNA$ libraries are important to scientists in human genomics.
$R$ : $c-DNA$ is synthetic type of $DNA$ generated from $mRNA$

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