Eukaryotic Central Dogma

Question 0

RNA transcription -(RNA processing)-> ?

Answer 0

mRNA

Question 1

DNA -(transcription)-> ?

Answer 1

RNA transcription

Question 2

mRNA -(translation)-> ?

Answer 2

Protein (polypeptide)

Question 3

RNA processing

Answer 3

The process of removing introns from the pre-mRNA (primary RNA transcript) and splicing the exons together

Question 4

Intron

Answer 4

A section of pre-mRNA that does not code for amino acids (90%)

Question 5

Exon

Answer 5

A section of pre-mRNA that does code for amino acids (10%)

Question 6

Only ? % of your genome is actually genes

Answer 6

3%

Question 7

Gene

Answer 7

A sequence of nucleotides that codes for a protein

Question 8

Do exons have to join in the same order that they came from

Answer 8

No

Question 9

How many genes in humans ?

Answer 9

23,000

Question 10

How many proteins made by humans

Answer 10

120,000

Question 11

How many proteins made by enzymes

Answer 11

100,000

Question 12

When exons join in a different order it is called

Answer 12

Alternative splicing

Question 13

Mutation

Answer 13

Any change in the sequence of bases in the DNA

Question 14

What causes a mutation

Answer 14

Mistakes made during DNA replication (2/3) ; and viruses

Question 15

Codon

Answer 15

Three base sequence that codes for one amino acid

Question 16

How many codons are there

Answer 16

64

Question 17

How many codons code for amino acids

Answer 17

61 - 3 code for stop

Question 18

What types of molecules have codons

Answer 18

DNA and mRNA

Question 19

What type of molecule has the anticodon on it

Answer 19

Transfer RNA