Mutation
Protein Synthesis
Prokaryotes
Final Jeopardy
100
the early end to the polypeptide chain
What is a nonsense mutation
100
Two main differences between bacterial and eukaryotic protein synthesis include
transcription and translation can happen at the same time in prokaryotes and NO RNA processing in prokaryotes
200
base pair substitution which causes missense is the cause of this human genetic disorder
What is sickle cell
200
Genes code for ___ or ___ products
polypeptide or RNA
200
Distinguish between the three mechanisms of transferring DNA from one bacterial cell to another
transformation –uptake plasmids from surroundings & transduction –virus inject bacterial DNA & conjugation –transfer plasmids using temporary bridge
300
__ and __ have a disastrous effect on the resulting protein because they cause ___
insertions and deletions cause frameshift
300
What three bases of tRNA complement the mRNA where the amino acid methionine will be positioned?
UAC
300
Name two ways the genome of a bacterium is structurally different from the eukaryotic genome
less DNA & circular chromosome & fewer proteins & no membrane bound nucleus & plasmids & no introns
300
The lac operon is (inducible/repressible) and the trp operon is (indicible/repressible)
lac =inducible & trp = repressible
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