Protein synthesis and gene expression vocabulary
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- Q1single-stranded nucleic acid that contains the sugar riboseRNA30s
- Q2type of RNA that carries instructions from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosomemRNA30s
- Q3type of RNA that makes up part of the ribosomerRNA30s
- Q4type of RNA that carries amino acids to the ribosometRNA30s
- Q5The process by which information encoded in DNA leads to the synthesis of proteins.gene expression30s
- Q6serves as the template for transcriptionnon-coding DNA strand30s
- Q7the second stage of gene expression, during which mRNA sequences are used to assemble the corresponding amino acids to make a proteintranslation30s
- Q8the first step of gene expression, in which a particular segment of DNA is copied into mRNAtranscription30s
- Q9location of transcription in eukaryotesnucleus30s
- Q10location of translation in prokaryotes and eukaryotesribosomes30s
- Q11location of transcription in prokaryotescytoplasm30s
- Q12contains the sequence of the desired gene; DNA strand NOT used as a template in transcriptioncoding DNA strand30s
- Q13enzyme that links together RNA nucleotides during transcription using a DNA strand as a templateRNA polymerase30s
- Q14A specific nucleotide sequence in DNA that binds RNA polymerase and indicates where to start transcribing RNA.promoter30s
- Q15A special sequence of nucleotides in DNA that marks the end of a gene. It signals RNA polymerase to release the newly made RNA molecule.terminator30s