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How many amino acids are coded for by 28 mRNA codons?
28
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What do we call the AUG triplet of mRNA nucleotides?
Start Codon
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What facilitates the attachment of the mRNA transcript to the small ribosomal subunit?
5' cap
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Type of mutation where nucleotides are added.
Insertion
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What is the name of the enzyme that adds amino acids to tRNA molecules?
tRNA Synthetase
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What the function of the TATA box?
Serves as the recognition/binding site for transcription factors.
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What are/is required in addition to RNA polymerase to complete transcription?
Transcription factors
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What prevents the degradation of the mRNA transcript in the cytoplasm?
Poly- A tail
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Insertions and deletions are so damaging because they result in what type of mutation?
Frameshift mutation.
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What is removed during RNA processing?
Introns
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What serves as the template in transcription?
DNA
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This is made in transcription.
What is mRNA (or a copy of DNA that can leave nucleus).
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tRNA carries these to the ribosome.
What is amino acids?
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Sickle-cell anemia is a condition due to what type of mutation?
Substitution mutation.
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What provides the energy to form the translation initiation complex?
GTP
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What would be the two possible codons for the anticodon AAG if wobble is occurring?
UUC & UUU
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During peptide bond formation, the growing polypeptide is transferred from the tRNA in the _______________ to the tRNA in the ________________.
P-site to the A-site
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What is the sequence of amino acids called that will signal the translocation of the ribosome to the rough ER?
Signal peptide
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The type of mutation that causes a stop codon to arise prematurely.
nonsense mutation
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There is mRNA molecule that consists of 19000 nucleotides. What process explains why only 7500 of those nucleotides were translated into a protein?
RNA Splicing
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What is the name of the protein that binds to one of the three codons in the last step of translation?
Release Factor
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What signals the termination of transcription?
polyadenylation signal sequence.
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The initiator tRNA has an anti codon ______________ and carries the amino acid ________________.
UAC; Methionine
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The type of mutation that does not change the sequence of amino acids.
Silent mutation.
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Who is the greatest quarterback of all time?
Tom Brady
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