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Transcription and Translation Part 1 Concept Review

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11 questions

Note from the author:

An assignment to review the structures,   components and processes of transcription and post transcription editing. 

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Question 4

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The AUC and AUA codons in mRNA both specify
isoleucine. What feature of the genetic code explains this?

a. complementarity

b. nonsense codons

c. universality

 d. degeneracy 

Question 5

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How many nucleotides are in 12 mRNA codons?

a. 12

b. 24

c. 36

 d. 48 

Question 6

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Which subunit of the E. coli polymerase confers
specificity to transcription?

a. α

b. β

c. β'

 d. σ 

Question 7

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The -10 and -35 regions of prokaryotic promoters are
called consensus sequences because ________.

a. they are identical in all bacterial species

b. they are similar in all bacterial species

c. they exist in all organisms

 d. they have the same function in all organisms 

Question 8

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Which pre-mRNA processing step is important for
initiating translation?

a. poly-A tail

b. RNA editing

 c. splicing

 d. 7-methylguanosine cap 