Transcription Steps
Definitions
Transcribing
100

How many steps of transcription are there?

3

100

DNA

is the 'blueprint' for making proteins

100

What letter does A go with?

T

200

What is the first step of transcription?

Initiation

200

Ribosome

is a factory for making proteins

200

What letter does A go with?

U

300

What is the second step of transcription?

Elongation

300

RNA

ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid present in all living cells and acts as a messenger carrying instructions from the DNA.

300

What letter does T go with?

A

400
What is the third step of transcription?

Termination

400

RNA polymerase

is an enzyme that synthesizes RNA from a DNA template

400

Transcribe AUGGCUA

TACCGAT

500

What is the order of transcription

initiation, elongation, and termination.

500

Adenine

a compound which is one of the four bases of nucleic acids

500

What letter does RNA use instead of T?

U