Exam 12: From Gene to Protein

Because they are so distantly related,the codons for serine in a black widow spider would probably be much different from the codons for serine in bluebirds.

For translation to begin,mRNA must first bind to a ________.

Gene regulatory proteins that interact with signals from the environment,both internal and external cues,and also with regulatory DNA to promote or repress gene expression are called ________.

How does a molecule of RNA polymerase "know" which of the two strands of DNA it should use as a template strand?

The chemical structure of bisphenol A (BPA)resembles

Each tRNA molecule can bind with up to three codons,but carries only one specific ________.

In humans,the herbicide atrazine helps RNA polymerase bind to the promoter of the gene for the enzyme aromatase.As a result

A sequence of DNA to which RNA polymerase binds in order to begin transcription is called the ________.

A promoter would be located on

A potential danger of a mutation to an organism is that

Which of the following results would most likely occur if introns were not removed from newly made mRNA?

What is the sequence of the codon that the transfer RNA shown in the following figure would bind to during translation?

In the genetic code,an amino acid is specified by

Which of the following is a codon?

In bacteria,the antibiotic tetracycline blocks the site where tRNA molecules enter the ribosome.The most likely reason that bacteria die from treatment with tetracycline is because the antibiotic

Which of the following does NOT take place in the nucleus?

Protein coding genes specify the manufacture of ________ as their immediate product.

The information in a gene is encoded by the

Consider a build-at-home bookshelf that comes with instructions and various pieces of wood as an analogy for translation.In this analogy,what would best match the job of the ribosome?

The key enzyme used during transcription is