Gene Manipulation Questions and Answers – Basic Laboratory Techniques – 3

This set of Gene Manipulation online quiz focuses on “Basic Laboratory Techniques – 3”.

1. What is used to transfer nucleic acid from gels to membranes for further analysis?
a) Gel electrophoresis
b) PFGE
c) Blotting
d) PCR
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Answer: c
Explanation: Blotting is used to transfer nucleic acids from gels to membranes for further analysis. Nucleic acid labeling and hybridization have formed the basis for a range of experimental techniques.

2. Blotting describes the __________ of nucleic acids.
a) Monitoring
b) Immobilization
c) Racing
d) Comparison
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Answer: b
Explanation: Blotting describes the immobilization of sample nucleic acids on to a solid support, generally on nylon or nitrocellulose membrane.

3. Which membrane is used in blotting?
a) Agarose
b) Sucrose
c) Polythene
d) Nylon
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Answer: d
Explanation: The main aim of blotting is immobilization of the nucleic acid samples on a membrane. The membrane must promote binding.
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4. Which of the following is used as targets in the blotting techniques?
a) Nucleic acids
b) Agarose
c) Proteins
d) E. coli
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Answer: a
Explanation: The blotted nucleic acids are then used as targets in subsequent hybridization experiments. There are a few blotting procedures.

5. Which of the following is used for the analysis of compositional properties of DNA?
a) Southern blotting
b) Northern blotting
c) PCR
d) CHEF
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Answer: a
Explanation: Southern blotting is the method used to transfer DNA from agarose gels to membranes so that the compositional properties of DNA can be analyzed.
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6. When was the original method of southern blotting developed?
a) 1975
b) 1964
c) 1954
d) 1944
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Answer: a
Explanation: The original method for southern blotting was developed in 1975, for detecting fragments in an agarose gel that are complementary to a given RNA or DNA.

7. Southern blotting cannot be used for RNA molecules.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: b
Explanation: Southern method was developed as a variation to the Northern method of DNA analysis. Southern blotting is solely used for RNA.
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8. In southern blotting ___________ is present in the reservoir.
a) DNA
b) Buffer
c) Gel
d) Agarose
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Answer: b
Explanation: In the southern blotting technique, the agarose gel is mounted on filter paper wick which dips into a reservoir containing a transfer buffer.

9. The DNA molecules are immobilized on the _____________ in southern blotting technique.
a) Reservoir
b) Gel
c) Tray
d) Membrane
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Answer: d
Explanation: The DNA molecules are carried out of the gel by the buffer flow and immobilized on the membrane. Initially, nitrocellulose was used as the membrane.
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10. Which membranes have greater binding capacity than nitrocellulose membranes?
a) Sucrose
b) Agarose
c) Nylon
d) Teflon
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Answer: c
Explanation: The main drawback of nitrocellulose membranes is their fragile nature. Supporting nylon membranes have a greater binding capacity and high tensile strength.

11. Larger DNA fragments require a ___________ transfer time.
a) Longer
b) Shorter
c) Medium
d) Very high
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Answer: a
Explanation: Large DNA fragments, greater than 10 kb require a longer transfer time than short fragments. Uniform transfer hence must be allowed.

12. The depurination treatment in blotting, involves the use of HCl and ____________
a) Alkali
b) Acid
c) Proteins
d) Nucleic acids
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Answer: a
Explanation: To allow uniform transfer of a wide range of DNA fragment sizes, the electrophoresed DNA is exposed to short depurination treatment with HCl followed by alkali.

13. The depurination treatment __________ the DNA fragments.
a) Increases
b) Shortens
c) Inactivates
d) Fluoresces
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Answer: b
Explanation: The depurination treatment shortens the DNA fragments by alkaline hydrolysis at depurinated sites. It also denatures the fragments.

14. Depurination denatures the DNA fragments.
a) True
b) False
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Answer: a
Explanation: Depurination denatures the fragments prior to transfer, ensuring that they are in the single stranded state and accessible for probing.

15. Gel is _____________ in neutralizing solution prior to blotting.
a) Inactivated
b) Boiled
c) Polymerized
d) Equilibrated
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Answer: d
Explanation: The gel is equilibrated in neutralizing solution prior to blotting. This is the final step in the southern blotting technique.

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