RNA Types and Functions
The nitrogen base that is found in RNA but not in DNA.
What is Uracil?
This is the location that transcription takes place in eukaryotes.
What is the nucleus?
A point mutation where one base is added into the code.
What is an insertion mutation?
The name for the area in DNA that is the binding site for RNA polymerase.
What is the promoter?
This type of RNA carries the genetic instructions from DNA to the ribosome.
What is messenger RNA? (mRNA)
This is the enzyme that binds to a promoter region and initiates transcription.
What is RNA polymerase?
A point mutation where one base is changed to a different base.
What are substitution mutations?
The factors that help RNA polymerase bind to the promoter.
What are transcription factors?
This type of RNA carries amino acids to the site of translation.
What is transfer RNA? (tRNA)
This is a series of 3 mRNA nitrogen bases.
What is a codon?
The RNA sequence that would be transcribed from AACGTG.
What is UUGCAC?
The molecule that blocks RNA polymerase from binding to the promoter region.
What is a repressor protein?
These are the three forms of RNA involved in translation.
What are mRNA, tRNA, rRNA
The amino acid that begins translation.
What is Met? (Methionine)
A condition in which an organism has an extra set of chromosomes.
What is polyploidy?
A DNA region commonly found in prokaryotes that consists of a promoter, operator, followed by the genes that these regions regulate.
What is an operon?
This is the sugar from which RNA gets its name.
What is ribose?
The most common promoter found in eukaryotes.
What is the TATA box?
A chromosomal mutation where a piece of one chromosome becomes attached to a different chromosome.
What is a translocation mutation?
The genes that regulate organ development for an organism.
What are homeotic genes?