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Gene Expression
Gene Expression 2
Random Knowledge
Chapter 15
Random Knowledge
100
What is the three letter code read during translation?
codon
100
Which direction is DNA, RNA usually written?
5' - 3'
100
What is the capital of Brazil?
Brasilia
100
What is the name of the physical location of a gene on a chromosome?
Locus
100
What four regions make up the UK?
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
200
What is removed from DNA sequences during mRNA processing?
Introns
200
What is the capitol of Trinidad?
Port of Spain
200
when one X chromosome is inactivated, and lies dormant in the nucleus, it is called a ___________
Barr body
200
Name five countries in the middle east (not including the North African countries like Egypt)
Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Afganistan, Syria, Turkey
300
what do transcription factors actually do?
Help RNA polymerase bind to promoter
300
What do you call a mutated codon that causes a stop codon instead of an amino acid?
Nonsense mutation
300
what was the name of St.Petersburg (Russia) during communist times?
Leningrad
400
What is the three letter code for the start codon?
AUG (met amino acid)
400
How many amino acids are there? (without going into subtypes)
20
400
When chromosomes fail to separate during meiosis, it is called _____________
Nondisjuntion
400
Who won the Stanley Cup last year?
Boston Bruins
500
Define wobble as it relates to translation
Wobble is the phenomenon where a third base of a codon can be wrong/changed without changing the amino acid being coded for...
500
which direction does RNA polymerase move on the template DNA strand?
3' - 5' creating 5' -3' mRNA strand
500
Dave Mustaine was/is a member of what two bands?
metallica and Megadeth
500
XXY = _________ Syndrome
Klinefelter
500
What percent of Northern Europeans are immune to HIV?
1 %