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Protein Synthesis & Gene Mutations
Quiz by Amanda Jones
High School
Biology (2017)
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- Q1monomer, or building block, of a polypeptide (protein)amino acid30sBIOL.9a
- Q2specifically designed to build or operate a component of a living cell (ex. human insulin & hemoglobin)protein30sBIOL.9a
- Q3a characteristic of an organism that is determined by protein structure & function (ex. hitchhiker's thumb)trait30sBIOL.6c
- Q4section of DNA that codes for a protein and thus determines a traitgene30sBIOL.6c
- Q5deoxyribose sugar vs. ribose sugar, thymine vs. uracil , double strand vs. single strandDNA vs. RNA30sBIOL.6a
- Q6nitrogenous base specific to RNA in place of thymine (A-U)uracil30sBIOL.6c
- Q7process where a part of DNA is copied into a complementary sequence of messenger RNAtranscription30sBIOL.6c
- Q8type of RNA that carries a copy of the genetic code from the DNA to the ribosomesmessenger RNA (mRNA)30sBIOL.6c
- Q9the DNA strand that is used as the code to "build" a complementary strand of mRNAtemplate strand (in transcription)30sBIOL.6c
- Q10enzyme that assembles the mRNA complementary strand by joining ribonucleotidesRNA polymerase30sBIOL.6c
- Q11three-nucleotide base sequence (triplet) on DNA and mRNA that codes for a single amino acidcodon30sBIOL.6c
- Q12nucleuslocation of transcription in eukaryotes30sBIOL.6c
- Q13decoding of a mRNA sequence into a polypeptide chain / proteintranslation30sBIOL.6c
- Q14at the ribosomeslocation of translation in ALL cells30sBIOL.6c
- Q15type of RNA that transfers the amino acids to the ribosometransfer RNA (tRNA)30sBIOL.6c