複選題

39. Which of the following statements are correct regarding RNA silencing?
(A) Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are derived from hairpin precursor RNAs.
(B) MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are derived from double-stranded RNAs.
(C) Both siRNAs and miRNAs are generated by the enzyme called Dicer.
(D) The small RNA complement to the target mRNA is called the passenger RNA.
(E) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase can enhance the efficiency of RNA silencing.

複選題35. Which statements are correct regarding the expression of the lac operon? (A) Genes in the lac operon are expressed at high levels when both lactose and glucose are present at high levels. (B) The site bound by the lac repressor is called the lac operator. (C) The lac repressor is expressed regardless of whether or not lactose is present. (D) The lac operon is not transcribed when neither the activator nor the suppressor binds its site on DNA. (E) Catabolite activator protein (CAP) binds to the CAP site when glucose is absent.

複選題36. Which steps take place during the establishment and maintenance of lysogeny? (A) The N and cro genes are transcribed, but the cII and cIII genes are not transcribed. (B) The CII protein binds a site upstream from PRE. (C) The repressor protein stimulates transcription of the cI gene and binds OR and OL. (D) The Cro protein binds OR and stimulates transcription of the cro and cII genes. (E) The Q protein helps the RNA polymerase to transcribe through TR'.

複選題37. Which rRNAs are included in the eukaryotic ribosomes? (A) 5S rRNA. (B) 16S rRNA. (C) 18S rRNA. (D) 23S rRNA. (E) 28S rRNA.

複選題38. Which are correct regarding riboswitches that regulate translation initiation? (A) These riboswitches are typically found within the 3' untranslated region. (B) Each riboswitch is made up of an aptamer and an expression platform. (C) The aptamer undergoes structural changes in response to the changes in the expression platform. (D) The ribosome-binding site is typically found in the expression platform. (E) The ligand-binding site is typically found in the aptamer.

複選題40. Synthetic biology is defined as a field of science that involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes using the concept of forward engineering. According to this definition, which of the following studies are considered as synthetic biology? (A) Biosynthesis of artemisinic acid in yeasts. (B) Production of p53 mice to analyze the effect of p53 on tumor formation. (C) Design of light-sensing gene regulatory circuits in Escherichia coli. (D) Establishment of an Arabidopsis T-DNA insertional mutant collection. (E) Synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome.

複選題1. Which one of the following descriptions are CORRECT? (A) There is only one or two antigen determining sites on a big and complex protein molecule. (B) Haptens are small molecules which generally are not capable of invoking immune response by themselves in animals (C) Metabolomics is an analytical technique for measuring and comparing large numbers of metabolites with a molecular weight larger than 1500 dalton (D) NMR spectroscopy or LC-MS could be used as analytical techniques in metabolomics. (E) Metabolomics are the techniques which are used to study an entire set of transcripts in an organism.

複選題2. Please choose the following techniques which are generally used in studying proteomics? (A) ELISA (B) NMR (C) LC-MS/MS (D) Western blot (E) 2-D electrophoresis

3. Which reaction in the citric acid cycle (TCA cycle) can produce ATP? (A) from citrate to isocitrate (B)from a-ketoglutarate to succinyl CoA (C) from succinyl CoA to succinate (D) from fumarate to malate (E) from malate to oxaloacetate

複選題4. The possible final products of fermentation (anaerobic reaction) in animal cells or yeast could be (A) CO2 (B) (C) lactate (D) alcohol (ethanol) (E) H2O.

複選題5. Which of the following works make the scientists to be awarded the Nobel Prize? (A) Genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9 system (B)Identification of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) in cancer therapy (C)Taqman probe in real time quantitative PCR (D) Reprogramming the mature cells into pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) (E) Phage display of peptide and antibodies