01 Genes, RNA and Proteins Flashcards
1
Q
What are the purines and pyrimidines?
A
Purines: A, G
Pyrimidines: T, C
2
Q
3 stages of eukaryotic transcription
A
Initiation, elongation, termination
3
Q
Direction of reading the template strand
A
3’ -> 5’
4
Q
Direction of synthesizing RNA
A
5’ -> 3’
5
Q
Where does splicing occur?
A
inside nucleus
6
Q
What is used to remove introns?
A
Spliceosome
7
Q
Order of sites for tRNA binding
A
A site -> P site -> E site
8
Q
Name of the ribosomal binding site
A
Shine-Dalgarno sequence
9
Q
Which pair of purines and pyrimidines is bonded by two hydrogen bonds?
A
A, T
10
Q
Which pair of purines and pyrimidines is bonded by three hydrogen bonds?
A
G, C
11
Q
What is a TATA box?
A
a DNA sequence in promoter
