Biological mutagens include:

Intercalating agents cause which type of mutations in the DNA.

In the following compound which, is one of the intercalating agents?

Which chemical mutagens add an OH-group to DNA base pairs?

Which base is obtained due to the deamination of adenine?

• The reaction is mediated by deaminases
• Adenine is a purine which is a two ringed structure

Congenital malformations are caused by which of the following mutagens?

Damages and errors in the DNA can cause___________

• Mutation can be beneficial or harmful depending upon the impact it has produced on the organism

5-bromouracil is the analog of which base?

• Base analogues are naturally occurring molecules having similar structure to common bases
• 5BromoUracil and 2AminoPurine are common base analogues

Nitrous acid is a __________ agent.

Nitrous acid also converts adenine to hypoxanthine and guanine to xanthine

DNA is sensitive to temperatures above _______.

• PCR was discovered by Kary Mullis
• Various forms of PCR are available which are all based on the basic three steps 
• Besides replication, PCR can also be used in diagnosis, modification of genetic material, paternity testing and many more

Ionizing radiations include:

• Mutagens are the factors that cause mutation
• Physical mutagens include ionizing radiations, high concentration of carbon dioxide, etc

Generally, the mutations are:

• In harmful mutation, due to insertion or deletion of a base the resulting protein synthesis become faulty
• In silent mutation, the alteration in base sequence is such that the final protein is not changed

Which of the following base analogs exhibit tautomerism?

• Base analogues have structure similar to the common bases (Adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine)
• 5bromouracil is the base analogue for thymine

Point Mutation is caused by:

• Point mutation can be caused due to substitution by a base analogue or due to exposure to ionizing radiations as well
• Point mutation can also be due to deletion or insertion of a base pair

Examples of base analogs are ________.

• Base analogues are naturally occurring molecules having similar structure to common bases
• 5BU has structure similar to thymine
• 2aminopurine has structure similar to purine

Alkyl bases are induced in DNA by which chemical mutagen?

• The alkylating agents helps in crosslinking of DNA which cannot replicate 
• Other mechanism is by replacing hydrogen atoms of DNA with alkyl groups which cannot be repaired by the cell