Bio. Ch 9

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transcription

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RNA is assembled from nucleotides using the base sequence of a gene

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gene

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Part of a DNA base sequence

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specifies an RNA or protein product

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gene

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rRNA aka. _____ is the?

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ribosomal RNA
main component of ribosomes the structure that polypeptide chains are buil

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tRNA aka. ____ does?

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transfer RNA
delivers amino acids to ribosomes in the order specified by mRNA

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mRNA aka. ____ does?

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carries a protein building messages

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RNA uses____ instead of _____

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uracil thymine

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What is translation?

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polypeptide chain is assembled from amino acids in the order specified by an mRNA

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RNA has _ _____ bases

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3 nucleotide bases

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gene expression

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information in a gene becomes converted to an RNA or protein product

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the sequence of ____ ___ in a _____ chain corresponds to a sequence of ____ ____ in DNA called a ____

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amino acids.
polypeptide.
nucleotide bases
gene

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the conversation of information in DNA to protein occurs in two steps called?

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transcription and translation

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RNA polymerase

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adds nucleotides to the end of a growing transcript

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RNA moves along the DNA in a _ to _

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3. 5

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What is the enzyme that carries out transcription

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RNA polymerase

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promoter

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in DNA a sequence that RNA polymerase bonds

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introns

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sequence that are removed from a new RNA

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exons

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sequences that stay in the RNA

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alternative splicing

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RNA process where some are removed or joined in various combinations

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during _____, one strand of a DNA double helix serves as a template of assembling a single complementary strange of RNA

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transcription

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codon

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in MRNA a nucleotide base triplet that codes for an amino acids or stop signal during translation

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gene code

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complete set of 64 mRNA codons

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nucleotide sequence is read _ bases at a time

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3

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_ mRNA base triplets ___ represent the genetic code

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64. codons

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translation occurs in the

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cytoplasm

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transcription occurs in the

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nucleus

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frameshift mutation

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deletion and insertion

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base pair substitution

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type of mutation in which a single base pair changes

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a chromosome contains many different gene regions that are transcribed into different___

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RNAs

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transposable element

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segment of DNA that can spontaneously move to a new location

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the binding site is typically ___ a DNA molecule is typically____

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single strand
double strand

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RNA is formed by ____ proteins form by ____

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transcription
translocation

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energy that drives transcription is provided mainly by____

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RNA nucleotides

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Most codes specify a

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amino acid

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anticodons pair with ____

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mRNA codons

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energy that drives translation is provided mainly by____

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GTP