Exam 9: Gene Expression and Gene Regulation

The most common mutation in cystic fibrosis is the deletion of a single amino acid which results in a misfolded protein.

Elaborate on the idea that proteins are the workhorse molecules of the cell.

Proteins are made in the ____________________,but are present in all parts of the cell.

A protein that guides the folding of a polypeptide into a functional,three-dimensional shape,converting the polypeptide into a protein is called a(n)____________________.

Messenger RNA is a(n)____ of the amino acid-coding nucleotide sequence of a gene.

Explain how chromatin remodeling can involve changes to DNA instead of histones.

Explain how the composition and distribution of codons among living organisms provide evidence for evolution from a common ancestor.

Each amino acid is encoded by only one mRNA codon.

Archibald Garrod was the first to advance the idea that there is a direct link between ____________________ and ____________________.

One gene is able to encode information for different forms of a protein via ____.

Outline the three stages involved in the transcription of a DNA molecule.

Amino acids are characterized by ____.

Another name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)is ____________________.

Amino acids that cannot be manufactured by the human body are called ____________________.

During translation,the rRNA in the large ribosomal subunit acts as an enzyme,linking amino acids together to form a polypeptide.

In pre-mRNA processing,____.

Discuss the concept and consequences of built-in redundancy as it applies to amino acid sequences,and include an example.

Each amino acid has a different side chain,called a(n)____.

A proteome is the set of ____________________ present in a particular cell at a specific time under a particular set of conditions.

Proteins are the intermediary between a(n)____________________ and a(n)____________________.