Which Mechanism Is Used to Repair a Chemically Modified Base

question 57

Multiple Choice

Which mechanism is used to repair a chemically modified base in DNA?

• A) mismatch repair
• B) base-excision repair
• C) nucleotide-excision repair
• D) direct repair
• E) More than one mechanism is used for this type of lesion.

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Isoquant

An isoquant is a curve that represents all the combinations of inputs that result in the production of a given level of output, illustrating the concept of production efficiency.

Tangency

The point at which two curves meet without intersecting, often used in economics to denote the point of optimal allocation of resources.

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a firm or economy over a specific period.

Isoquant

A curve in economic theory that represents all the combinations of inputs which produce the same level of output.