Protein
DNA
Processes
RNA
Organelles
100
This protein is needed to created an mRNA transcript
RNA polymerase
100
The region of a gene that tells RNA polymerase where to stop transcribing.
termination sequence
100
Process of copying DNA to create mRNA.
transcription
100
RNA has how many strands?
one
100
Transcription takes place in this organelle:
Nucleus
200
How many types of RNA polymerase are there?
one
200
How many different bases (letters) are in DNA?
four bases (A, T, C, G)
200
The process of converting mRNA to protein.
translation
200
what does mRNA stand for?
messenger RNA
200
Translation occurs in this organelle:
Cytoplasm
300
The building blocks of protein.
amino acids
300
What base is complementary to adenine (A)?
thymine (T)
300
During the elongation step of transcription, mRNA is synthesized by adding nucleotides to the _'end
3' end
300
Three nucleotides in a row are called ____.
codons
300
This organelle is where the ribosomes are made.
nucleolus
400
What enzyme unwinds the two DNA strands during DNA replication?
Helicase
400
A segment of DNA that codes for proteins
genes
400
Splicing is the process of...
editing RNA/removing introns
400
tRNA contains this in order to bind to a complementary codon on mRNA
anticodon
400
The ribosome reads the mRNA from the _' end to the _' end
5'-->3'
500
The amino acid that the start codon AUG codes for.
methionine
500
The portion of DNA before a gene that tells RNA polymerase where to attach.
Promoter
500
During translation, tRNA transfers amino acids to the ribosome where they are then connected to form a ___.
protein
500
The __ codon in mRNA tells the ribosome where to stop translation.
stop
500
The ribosome is made of what two parts?
large (60s) and small (40s) subunits