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CH14
Biology 1301
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Every protein is assembled on ____ according to instructions that are copied from ____. | ribosomes; DNA |
| The process of transcription refers to the use of information encoded in ____ to make ____. | DNA; a complementary RNA copy |
| The process of translation refers to the use of information encoded in ____ to make ____. | RNA; a polypeptide |
| Protein-encoding genes in eukaryotes are transcribed by | RNA polymerase II. |
| Proteins called transcription factors are involved in ____ of transcription. | the initiation stage |
| While a eukaryotic pre-mRNA is still being synthesized it is modified on its 5' end when | exon shuffling mixes mRNA pieces. |
| The process of transcription in eukaryotes ends when | enzymes recognize a polyadenylation signal in the trailing RNA sequence. |
| The process of removing introns from mRNA and putting the remaining exons together occurs in a complex called the ____. | spliceosome |
| Human cells produce perhaps as many as 100,000 different proteins, and yet the human genome has only about 20,000 genes. This is best explained by | alternative splicing |
| The region in a tRNA that bonds with mRNA during translation is the ____. | anticodon |