4.3 Study Guide Flashcards
1
Q
What is transcription
A
the making of DNA
2
Q
What is a transcribed DNA strand?
A
template strand
3
Q
What is an untranscribed DNA strand?
A
coding strand
4
Q
What is the main enzyme?
A
RNA polymerase
5
Q
What is the mRNA is the template strand ATGCCGTAC?
A
UACGGCAUG
6
Q
What is a promoter?
A
start site of transcription
7
Q
What is the Enhancer?
A
acts as a switch to control if/how much RNA is made from a gene
8
Q
What is the Exons?
A
sequences that will be present in the RNA
9
Q
What is the Introns?
A
will be spliced, cut, and removed
10
Q
What are the stages of transcription?
A
- Initiation
- Elongation
- Termination
