NAGE COPY Flashcards
Give some details of the degenerate nature of the genetic code, include examples of the extremes in your answer
pg 27
- Describe, with the aid of diagrams, the processes involved in transcribing a eukaryotic gene.
pg 13
What is RNA Processing?
pg 15
Summarise the elongation step of translation
pg 30
1)Summarise what takes place in nucleic acid hybridisation
pg 38
Describe and explain the details of the initiation step of translation
pg 28
Describe the process for the separation of DNA fragments
pg 37
Describe the Anatomy of a Gene
pg 15
Describe the features of the signal sequences
pg 33
Describe what non-coding RNAs are and give the details of examples of such.
pg 20
- Describe what is meant by a “Transcription factor”
pg 12
Describe the action of Transfer RNA
pg 28
Explain the relationship between DNA and Genes, and describe the function of genes
pg 11
2)Describe and explain the details of the termination step of translation
pg 31
- Distinguish “sense” and “anti-sense” DNA template strands.
pg 15
1)Summarise the termination step of translation
pg 31
Give an Example of a type of mutation in splice sites featuring in ahuman disease
pg 19
Why is it referred to as a basal transcription complex
pg 13
Describe the Mechanism by which Aminoacyl tRNA Synthetases work
pg 28
Describe and explain the whole process of translation
pg 29-32
Other than adding dNTPs to the 3’ end what is the other role of DNA polymerase
pg 9
Give the details of what takes place in RNA interference
pg 23
Recall the Structure of a typical mRNA
pg 27
Explain why siRNAs are suitable to be used as therapies for genes we do not want to be expressed
pg 24
escribe an EXAMPLE of Post-Translational Modification - INSULIN
pg 36
- List the major functional classes of RNA and the classes of RNA polymerases involved in synthesising each of these.
pg 12