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1. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body

2. Immunoglobulins are plasma proteins that play a key role in

3. Tissue with an obligatory requirement for anaerobic glucose oxidation

4. Major lipid component of cell membranes

5. A covalent bond contributing to the tertiary structure of extra-cellular proteins is

6. A hormone which promotes glycogen mobilisation in both muscle and liver

7. The number of molecules of ATP generated in the conversion of glucose into pyruvate

8. The stage of mitosis at which the chromosomes are aligned at the centre of the dividing cell

9. Retroviruses copy RNA into double-stranded DNA using

10. Which of the above diseases is not due to a triplet repeat expansion?

11. Platelets are activated by exposure to collagen

12. TCA cycle: A step which incorporates a new acetyl group from acetyl CoA is

13. A compound which is involved in control of damage to membranes by reactive oxygen species

14. What is a compensatory mechanism in metabolic acidosis?

15. Precursor of bile salts

16. Naturally occurring macromolecules that can have catalytic activity

17. Direct activator of glycogen phosphorylase kinase

18. Fragile X Syndrome is caused by

19. How to determine amplification of a DNA segment

20. The key substrate of the Tricarboxylic acid (TCA/citric acid/Krebs) cycle

21. A necessary component of the polymerase chain reaction

22. Apart from trisomy 21 there no other trisomies found in live-born children

23. A mutation which alters the amino acid codon

24. In agarose gel electrophoresis larger DNA fragments move faster than smaller DNA fragments

25. Insulin promotes uptake of fatty acids and their storage as triglyceride in adipose tissue