Friedrich Meischer, a Swiss biochemist was first to isolate nucleic acids from the nucleus of pus cells in 1869. He called it nuclein. Richard Altmann coined the term ‘Nucleic acid’ in 1889.
The term 'Nuclein' for the genetic material was used by:
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Which of the following are the post-transcriptional events in an eukaryotic cell? A. Transport of pre-mRNA to cytoplasm prior to splicing. B. Removal of introns and joining of exons. C. Addition of methyl group at 5' end of hnRNA. D. Addition of adenine residues at 3 ' end of hnRNA. E. Base pairing of two complementary RNAs. Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Match List I with List II: $\begin{array}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline & \text{List - I} & & \text{List - II} \\\hline \text{A}. & \text{Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase} & \text{(i)} & \text{Streptococcus pneumoniae} \\\hline \text{B.} & \text{Euchromatin} & \text{(ii)} & \text{Densely packed and dark-stained} \\\hline \text{C.} & \text{Frederick Griffith} & \text{(iii)} & \text{Loosely packed and light-stained} \\\hline \text{D.} & \text{Heterochromatin} & \text{(iv)} & \text{DNA as genetic material confirmation} \\\hline\end{array}$ Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Who proposed that the genetic code for amino acids should be made up of three nucleotides?
Which factor is important for termination of transcription?
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