pack 9

Question 1

What is the promoter?

Answer 1

DNA sequence that acts as a transcription start site.

(it is promoting (advertising) transcription) (it promotes the transcription to the rna polymerase to convice it to start transcription)

Question 2

What is the job of terminators?

Answer 2

It is the site where transcription stops.

Question 3

What type of RNA polymerase genes is used to transcribe most genes?

Answer 3

RNA polymerase 2

Question 4

What is the anti sense strand?

Answer 4

The template strand, the strand that is anti to the transcipted rna strand.

Question 5

What is the coding/Sense strand?

Answer 5

It is the strand that isnt used for the template, it is called coding bc it has almost the same code as the RNA strand and also has the same sense.

Question 6

What is the base number?

Answer 6

It is: Numbering system used to identify important bases.

+1:The first base transcribed as RNA

+2, +3, … : anything to the right of the +1 (to the 3’) (downstream)

-1, -2, -3, …. : anything to the left of the +1 (to the 5’) (up stream)

Question 7

What are the different eukaryotic promoter elements?

Answer 7

CAAT box

TATA box

Cap site

GC box

Question 8

Does RNA proofread its work?

Answer 8

NO

Question 9

What does (α-amanitin) do?

Answer 9

Function:it inhibits polymerase II causing cell death

Found in: Certain mushrooms

(you think that the mushrooms is amina but it actually isn’t)

Question 10

What are introns?

Answer 10

Spacer DNA that don’t code for anything