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Bio Chapter 15 Quiz
Question | Answer |
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The AUC and AUA codons in mRNA both specify isoleucine. What feature of the genetic code explains this? complementarity nonsense codons universality degeneracy | degeneracy |
How many nucleotides are in 12 mRNA codons? 12 24 36 48 | 36 |
Which subunit of the E. coli polymerase confers specificity to transcription? a B B" o | o |
The -10 and -35 regions of prokaryotic promoters are called consensus sequences because _____. they are identical in all bacterial species they are similar in all bacterial species they exist in all organisms they have same function in all organisms | they are similar in all bacterial species |
Which feature of promoters can be found in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes? GC box TATA box octamer box -10 and -35 sequences | TATA box |
What transcripts will be most affected by low levels of a-amanitin? 18S and 28S rRNAs pre-mRNAs 5S rRNAs and tRNAs other small nuclear RNAs | pre-mRNAs |
Which pre-mRNA processing step is important for initiating translation? poly-A tail RNA editing splicing 7-methylguanosine cap | 7-methylguanosine cap |
What processing step enhances the stability of pre-tRNAs and pre-rRNAs? methylation nucleotide modification cleavage splicing | methylation |
The RNA components of ribosomes are synthesized in the ____. cytoplasm nucleus nucleolus endoplasmic reticulum | nucleolus |
In any given species, there are at least how many types of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases? 20 40 100 200 | 20 |