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