1.5 Structure of the Genome Flashcards
1
Q
What is the genome of an organism?
A
It’s entire hereditary information encoded in DNA.
2
Q
What is a genome made up of?
A
Genes and other DNA sequences that do not code for proteins.
3
Q
What does most of the eukaryotic gene consist of?
A
Non-coding sequences.
4
Q
What are DNA sequences that code for proteins defined as?
A
Genes.
5
Q
What do sequences, that are not genes, do?
A
Regulate transcription and others are transcribed but never translated.
6
Q
What do transcription factors do?
A
Bind to non-coding sequences of DNA and regulate transcription.
7
Q
Some non-coding sequences do DNA are transcribed into what forms of RNA?
A
Ribosomal and transfer.
8
Q
True or false? tRNA and rRNA are non-translated forms of RNA.
A
True.
