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22	Why is uracil used in RNA rather than thymine?
16	Is there any convincing evidence for the existence of nanobacteria?
12	Why are restriction enzymes not frozen?
11	ATP cost for gene expression
11	How is RNAse contamination in RNA based experiments prevented?

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+10	What is the smallest number of amino acids required for life?
+10	Why is DNA replication performed in the 5' to 3' direction?
+10	How does brain energy consumption depend on mental activity?
+10	What is special about the N3 buffer for Qiagen minipreps?

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12 Questions

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11	Can siRNA induce DNA methylation in mammalian cells?
10	What is the advantage of using starter cultures for growing bacteria?
10	Which sequence characteristics influence the transcription efficiency of T7 polymerase?
10	What implications has the missing 2'-OH on the capability of DNA to form 3D structures?
8	Why should I degas my gel solution for polyacrylamide gels?

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54 biochemistry × 13	16 nanobacteria
41 rna × 7	16 astrobiology
36 dna × 6	14 proteins × 2
27 molecular-biology × 4	12 enzymes
23 microbiology × 3	11 rnase

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