Chapter 3

Question 1

control day-to-day function of all the body’s cell, by determining which substances are synthesized within the cell—which structures,
which enzymes, which chemicals

Answer 1

Gene

Question 2

Control the formation of another nucleic acid

Answer 2

DNA

Question 3

spreads throughout the cell to control
the formation of a specific protein.

Answer 3

RNA

Question 4

The entire process,
from transcription of the genetic code in the nucleus
to translation of the RNA code and formation or proteins in the cell cytoplasm.

Answer 4

Gene expression